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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2022

Prediction of liquid-liquid phase separating proteins using machine learning.

Xiaoquan Chu, Tanlin Sun, Qian Li, Youjun Xu, Zhuqing Zhang, Luhua Lai, Jianfeng Pei

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 118 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaoquan Chu *College of Information and Electrical Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Tanlin Sun *Center for Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Qian LiCollege of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
Youjun XuCenter for Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Zhuqing ZhangCollege of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. zhuqingzhang@ucas.ac.cn.
Luhua LaiCenter for Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. lhlai@pku.edu.cn.
Jianfeng PeiCenter for Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. jfpei@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-1185
Peking University · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNChina Agricultural University · CN

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China 2015CB910300Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China 2016YFA0502300National Natural Science Foundation of China 21633001National Natural Science Foundation of China 21673010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of biomolecules in cell underpins the formation of membraneless organelles, which are the condensates of protein, nucleic acid, or both, and play critical roles in cellular function. Dysregulation of LLPS is implicated in a number of diseases. Although the LLPS of biomolecules has been investigated intensively in recent years, the knowledge of the prevalence and distribution of phase separation proteins (PSPs) is still lag behind. Development of computational methods to predict PSPs is therefore of great importance for comprehensive understanding of the biological function of LLPS.

resultsBased on the PSPs collected in LLPSDB, we developed a sequence-based prediction tool for LLPS proteins (PSPredictor), which is an attempt at general purpose of PSP prediction that does not depend on specific protein types. Our method combines the componential and sequential information during the protein embedding stage, and, adopts the machine learning algorithm for final predicting. The proposed method achieves a tenfold cross-validation accuracy of 94.71%, and outperforms previously reported PSPs prediction tools. For further applications, we built a user-friendly PSPredictor web server ( http://www.pkumdl.cn/PSPredictor ), which is accessible for prediction of potential PSPs.

conclusionsPSPredictor could identifie novel scaffold proteins for stress granules and predict PSPs candidates in the human genome for further study. For further applications, we built a user-friendly PSPredictor web server ( http://www.pkumdl.cn/PSPredictor ), which provides valuable information for potential PSPs recognition.

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Machine LearningProteinsHumansOrganellesProteinsLiquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS)Machine learningPhase separation proteins (PSPs)Predictor

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