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ArticleBioinformatics advances2024

TemBERTure: advancing protein thermostability prediction with deep learning and attention mechanisms.

Chiara Rodella, Symela Lazaridi, Thomas Lemmin

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Article in Bioinformatics advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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Chiara RodellaInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBMM), University of Bern, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2127-6594
Symela LazaridiInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBMM), University of Bern, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3323-7215
Thomas LemminInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBMM), University of Bern, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5705-4964

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Motivation: Understanding protein thermostability is essential for numerous biotechnological applications, but traditional experimental methods are time-consuming, expensive, and error-prone. Recently, deep learning (DL) techniques from natural language processing (NLP) was extended to the field of biology, since the primary sequence of proteins can be viewed as a string of amino acids that follow a physicochemical grammar. Results: In this study, we developed TemBERTure, a DL framework that predicts thermostability class and melting temperature from protein sequences. Our findings emphasize the importance of data diversity for training robust models, especially by including sequences from a wider range of organisms. Additionally, we suggest using attention scores from Deep Learning models to gain deeper insights into protein thermostability. Analyzing these scores in conjunction with the 3D protein structure can enhance understanding of the complex interactions among amino acid properties, their positioning, and the surrounding microenvironment. By addressing the limitations of current prediction methods and introducing new exploration avenues, this research paves the way for more accurate and informative protein thermostability predictions, ultimately accelerating advancements in protein engineering. Availability and implementation: TemBERTure model and the data are available at: https://github.com/ibmm-unibe-ch/TemBERTure.

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