Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38996351›Full record

ReviewProteomics2025

Deep learning methods for protein function prediction.

Frimpong Boadu, Ahhyun Lee, Jianlin Cheng

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Review in Proteomics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Artificial Intelligence Powers Protein Functional Annotation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  11. Tree-Based Methods to Predict Enzyme Inhibition.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  20. A Labeled Dataset for AI-based Cryo-EM Map Enhancement.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Frimpong BoaduDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
Ahhyun LeeDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
Jianlin ChengDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0305-2853

Funding

Integrated Prediction of Protein Struture at 1D, 2D and 3D LevelsR01GM093123 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI CHENG, JIANLIN · 2010 to 2023
$3.8M
Deep learning methods for automated and accurate reconstruction of protein structures from cryo-EM image dataR01GM146340 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI CHENG, JIANLIN · 2022 to 2025
$1.4M
Division of Biological Infrastructure 2308699National Science Foundation CCF2343612National Science Foundation DBI2308699NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM093123NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM146340NIH HHS R01GM093123NIH HHS R01GM146340
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Predicting protein function from protein sequence, structure, interaction, and other relevant information is important for generating hypotheses for biological experiments and studying biological systems, and therefore has been a major challenge in protein bioinformatics. Numerous computational methods had been developed to advance protein function prediction gradually in the last two decades. Particularly, in the recent years, leveraging the revolutionary advances in artificial intelligence (AI), more and more deep learning methods have been developed to improve protein function prediction at a faster pace. Here, we provide an in-depth review of the recent developments of deep learning methods for protein function prediction. We summarize the significant advances in the field, identify several remaining major challenges to be tackled, and suggest some potential directions to explore. The data sources and evaluation metrics widely used in protein function prediction are also discussed to assist the machine learning, AI, and bioinformatics communities to develop more cutting-edge methods to advance protein function prediction.

Indexed as

Computational BiologyDeep LearningProteinsDatabases, ProteinHumansProteinsartificial intelligencedeep learninggene ontologyprotein function prediction

Identifiers

PMID38996351
PMCPMC11735672

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