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ArticleNature biotechnology2026

Deep-learning-based single-domain and multidomain protein structure prediction with D-I-TASSER.

Wei Zheng, Qiqige Wuyun, Yang Li, Quancheng Liu, Xiaogen Zhou, Chunxiang Peng, Yiheng Zhu, Lydia Freddolino, Yang Zhang

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Wei Zheng *NITFID, School of Statistics and Data Science, AAIS, LPMC and KLMDASR, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2984-9003
Qiqige Wuyun *Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7228-903X
Yang Li *Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2480-1972
Quancheng LiuDepartment of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-8207-2629
Xiaogen ZhouDepartment of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6839-1923
Chunxiang PengDepartment of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-9735-0278
Yiheng ZhuDepartment of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Lydia FreddolinoDepartment of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. lydsf@umich.edu.
Yang ZhangCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. zhang@zhanggroup.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2739-1916

Funding

Structure-based functional annotation of microbial genomesR01AI134678 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Lydia Petra Freddolino, SCOTT J. HULTGREN · 2018 to 2026
$6.5M
High-Performance Computing Cluster for Biomedical ResearchS10OD026825 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ATHEY, BRIAN DAVID · 2020 to 2020
$600k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI134678NSF | BIO | Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) DBI2030790NSF | BIO | Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) IIS1901191U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) GM136422U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) S10OD026825
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dominant success of deep learning techniques on protein structure prediction has challenged the necessity and usefulness of traditional force field-based folding simulations. We proposed a hybrid approach, deep-learning-based iterative threading assembly refinement (D-I-TASSER), which constructs atomic-level protein structural models by integrating multisource deep learning potentials with iterative threading fragment assembly simulations. D-I-TASSER introduces a domain splitting and assembly protocol for the automated modeling of large multidomain protein structures. Benchmark tests and the most recent critical assessment of protein structure prediction, 15 experiments demonstrate that D-I-TASSER outperforms AlphaFold2 and AlphaFold3 on both single-domain and multidomain proteins. Large-scale folding experiments further show that D-I-TASSER could fold 81% of protein domains and 73% of full-chain sequences in the human proteome with results highly complementary to recently released models by AlphaFold2. These results highlight a new avenue to integrate deep learning with classical physics-based folding simulations for high-accuracy protein structure and function predictions that are usable in genome-wide applications.

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Computational BiologyDeep LearningProteinsAlgorithmsDatabases, ProteinHumansModels, MolecularProtein ConformationProtein DomainsProtein FoldingProteins

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PMID40410405
PMCPMC13090124

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