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ArticleNature communications2023

PeSTo: parameter-free geometric deep learning for accurate prediction of protein binding interfaces.

Lucien F Krapp, Luciano A Abriata, Fabio Cortés Rodriguez, Matteo Dal Peraro

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers.

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Lucien F KrappInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland.
Luciano A AbriataInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3087-8677
Fabio Cortés RodriguezInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland.
Matteo Dal PeraroInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland. matteo.dalperaro@epfl.ch.

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Swiss National Science Foundation 205321_192371
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteins are essential molecular building blocks of life, responsible for most biological functions as a result of their specific molecular interactions. However, predicting their  binding  interfaces remains a challenge. In this study, we present a geometric transformer that acts directly on atomic coordinates labeled only with element names. The resulting model-the Protein Structure Transformer, PeSTo-surpasses the current state of the art in predicting protein-protein interfaces and can also predict and differentiate between interfaces involving nucleic acids, lipids, ions, and small molecules with high confidence. Its low computational cost enables processing high volumes of structural data, such as molecular dynamics ensembles allowing for the discovery of interfaces that remain otherwise inconspicuous in static experimentally solved structures. Moreover, the growing foldome provided by de novo structural predictions can be easily analyzed, providing new opportunities to uncover unexplored biology.

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Deep LearningComputational BiologyMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BindingProteinsProteins

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PMID37072397
PMCPMC10113261

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