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ArticleNature communications2025

π-PrimeNovo: an accurate and efficient non-autoregressive deep learning model for de novo peptide sequencing.

Xiang Zhang, Tianze Ling, Zhi Jin, Sheng Xu, Zhiqiang Gao, Boyan Sun, Zijie Qiu, Jiaqi Wei, Nanqing Dong, Guangshuai Wang and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Xiang Zhang *Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.
Tianze Ling *Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Zhi Jin *Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.
Sheng Xu *Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6507-9122
Zhiqiang GaoShanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.
Boyan SunState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, China.
Zijie QiuShanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.
Jiaqi WeiShanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.
Nanqing DongShanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.
Guangshuai WangShanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.
Guibin WangState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, China.
Leyuan LiState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, China.
Muhammad Abdul-MageedUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Laks V S LakshmananUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9775-4241
Fuchu HeState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1094-4019
Wanli OuyangShanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China. ouyangwanli@pjlab.org.cn.
Cheng ChangState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, China. changcheng@ncpsb.org.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-0361-2438
Siqi SunResearch Institute of Intelligent Complex Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. siqisun@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7240-8724

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peptide sequencing via tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) is essential in proteomics. Unlike traditional database searches, deep learning excels at de novo peptide sequencing, even for peptides missing from existing databases. Current deep learning models often rely on autoregressive generation, which suffers from error accumulation and slow inference speeds. In this work, we introduce π-PrimeNovo, a non-autoregressive Transformer-based model for peptide sequencing. With our architecture design and a CUDA-enhanced decoding module for precise mass control, π-PrimeNovo achieves significantly higher accuracy and up to 89x faster inference than state-of-the-art methods, making it ideal for large-scale applications like metaproteomics. Additionally, it excels in phosphopeptide mining and detecting low-abundance post-translational modifications (PTMs), marking a substantial advance in peptide sequencing with broad potential in biological research.

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Deep LearningPeptidesProteomicsTandem Mass SpectrometryAlgorithmsDatabases, ProteinHumansPhosphopeptidesProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalSequence Analysis, ProteinSoftwarePeptidesPhosphopeptides

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PMID39747823
PMCPMC11695716

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