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NifFinder: improved Nif protein prediction using SWeeP vectors and neural networks.

Bruno Thiago de Lima Nichio, Roxana Beatriz Ribeiro Chaves, Jeroniza Nunes Marchaukoski, Fabio de Oliveira Pedrosa, Roberto Tadeu Raittz

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Bruno Thiago de Lima NichioLaboratory of Artificial Intelligence Applied to Bioinformatics (AIBIA), Professional and Technical Education Sector (SEPT) - UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, 81520-260, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0196-6486
Roxana Beatriz Ribeiro ChavesDepartment of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences Sector - Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Paraná, 81531-980, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2066-3519
Jeroniza Nunes MarchaukoskiLaboratory of Artificial Intelligence Applied to Bioinformatics (AIBIA), Professional and Technical Education Sector (SEPT) - UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, 81520-260, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5176-7055
Fabio de Oliveira PedrosaLaboratory of Artificial Intelligence Applied to Bioinformatics (AIBIA), Professional and Technical Education Sector (SEPT) - UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, 81520-260, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3711-969X
Roberto Tadeu RaittzLaboratory of Artificial Intelligence Applied to Bioinformatics (AIBIA), Professional and Technical Education Sector (SEPT) - UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, 81520-260, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5271-991X

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Abstract

Motivation: Biological nitrogen fixation is a vital process for global ecosystems and agriculture; however, the diversity and complexity of Results: We present NifFinder, a computational framework that integrates SWeeP vector encoding with neural network classifiers to predict up to 24 different Nif protein classes across Archaea and Bacteria. NifFinder achieved an average accuracy of 84.31%, with sensitivity (86.49%), precision (81.97%), F1-score (82.33%), and a class correlation coefficient of 0.94. Benchmarking against Nif curated resources showed strong agreement and robust classification even under class imbalance. By expanding beyond traditional subsets of Availability and implementation: The NifFinder installation instructions and source code can be accessed at https://sourceforge.net/projects/NifFinder.

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