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ArticleiScience2023

Multi-label classification and features investigation of antimicrobial peptides with various functional classes.

Chia-Ru Chung, Jhen-Ting Liou, Li-Ching Wu, Jorng-Tzong Horng, Tzong-Yi Lee

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Article in iScience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Chia-Ru ChungDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Jhen-Ting LiouDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Li-Ching WuDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Jorng-Tzong HorngDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Tzong-Yi LeeInstitute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan.

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Abstract

The challenge of drug-resistant bacteria to global public health has led to increased attention on antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as a targeted therapeutic alternative with a lower risk of resistance. However, high production costs and limitations in functional class prediction have hindered progress in this field. In this study, we used multi-label classifiers with binary relevance and algorithm adaptation techniques to predict different functions of AMPs across a wide range of pathogen categories, including bacteria, mammalian cells, fungi, viruses, and cancer cells. Our classifiers attained promising AUC scores varying from 0.8492 to 0.9126 on independent testing data. Forward feature selection identified sequence order and charge as critical, with specific amino acids (C and E) as discriminative. These findings provide valuable insights for the design of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) with multiple functionalities, thus contributing to the broader effort to combat drug-resistant pathogens.

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PMCPMC10679894

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