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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Improved deep learning prediction of antigen-antibody interactions.

Mu Gao, Jeffrey Skolnick

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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2 authors.

Mu GaoCenter for the Study of Systems Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332.
Jeffrey SkolnickCenter for the Study of Systems Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332.ORCID 0000-0002-1877-4958

Funding

Purchase of a GPU cluster for deep learning applications in protein-protein interaction and supercomplex prediction and biochemical literature annotation.R35GM118039 · NIGMS · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI JEFFREY SKOLNICK · 2016 to 2026
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identifying antibodies that neutralize specific antigens is crucial for developing effective immunotherapies, but this task remains challenging for many target antigens. The rise of deep learning-based computational approaches presents a promising avenue to address this challenge. Here, we assess the performance of a deep learning approach through two benchmark tests aimed at predicting antibodies for the receptor-binding domain of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein. Three different strategies for constructing input sequence alignments are employed for predicting structural models of antigen-antibody complexes. In our initial testing set, which comprises known experimental structures, these strategies collectively yield a significant top-ranked prediction for 61% of cases and a success rate of 47%. Notably, one strategy that utilizes the sequences of known antigen binders outperforms the other two, achieving a precision of 90% in a subsequent test set of ~1,000 antibodies, balanced between true and control antibodies for the antigen, albeit with a lower recall of 25%. Our results underscore the potential of integrating deep learning methods with single B cell sequencing techniques to enhance the prediction accuracy of antigen-antibody interactions.

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Antigen-Antibody ComplexDeep LearningSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralComputational BiologyCOVID-19HumansAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntigen-Antibody ComplexSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2antibody–antigen interactiondeep learningSARS-CoV-2structure prediction

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PMID39361651
PMCPMC11474075

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