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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2025

GPepT: A Foundation Language Model for Peptidomimetics Incorporating Noncanonical Amino Acids.

Yuna Oikawa, Takanori Uzawa, Francois Berenger, Noriko Minagawa, Akiko Yumoto, Hideaki Takaku, Ryo Tamura, Yoshihiro Ito, Koji Tsuda

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Yuna OikawaGraduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-ha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan.
Takanori UzawaEmergent Bioengineering Materials Research Team, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6042-513X
Francois BerengerGraduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-ha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan.
Noriko MinagawaEmergent Bioengineering Materials Research Team, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Akiko YumotoEmergent Bioengineering Materials Research Team, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Hideaki TakakuRIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Ryo TamuraGraduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-ha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0349-358X
Yoshihiro ItoRIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1154-253X
Koji TsudaGraduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-ha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4288-1606

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Abstract

Language models have been increasingly popular in therapeutic peptide generation, but molecular diversity remains limited due to reliance on the 20 canonical amino acids. We propose a language model that generates peptidomimetics incorporating noncanonical elements like noncanonical amino acids and terminal modifications. To accomplish this, we created a vocabulary of over 17,000 noncanonical elements by extracting them from chemical formulas stored in the ChEMBL database. Our pretrained language model, GPepT, showed improved diversity in molecular structures and chemical properties. To demonstrate its real-world application, we fine-tuned the model for antimicrobial peptides. Experimental validation revealed that one of the generated peptidomimetics exhibited effective antimicrobial activity, marking a successful case of AI-driven peptide development. GPepT is fully accessible on HuggingFace: https://huggingface.co/Playingyoyo/GPepT.

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AIAmino AcidsAntimicrobial PeptidesGPTLanguage ModelNoncanonical Amino AcidsPeptidePeptidomimeticsProteinRDKitSMILES

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PMCPMC12359002

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