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ArticleBriefings in bioinformatics2025

Prediction of liquid-liquid phase separation proteins based on protein language model.

Wenbin Li, Xusheng Deng, Chunlin Xiang, Hengxiang Shen, Yongyou Zhang

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Wenbin LiState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Engineering Research Centre of Molecular Diagnostics of the Ministry of Education, National Institute for Data Science in Health and Medicine Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, No. 4221, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
Xusheng DengState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Engineering Research Centre of Molecular Diagnostics of the Ministry of Education, National Institute for Data Science in Health and Medicine Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, No. 4221, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
Chunlin XiangState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Engineering Research Centre of Molecular Diagnostics of the Ministry of Education, National Institute for Data Science in Health and Medicine Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, No. 4221, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
Hengxiang ShenState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Engineering Research Centre of Molecular Diagnostics of the Ministry of Education, National Institute for Data Science in Health and Medicine Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, No. 4221, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
Yongyou ZhangState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Engineering Research Centre of Molecular Diagnostics of the Ministry of Education, National Institute for Data Science in Health and Medicine Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, No. 4221, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2413-9106

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Biotime Fund 20213160A0587Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China 2024 J01023Shenzhen Natural Science Foundation of China JCYJ20240813145615020Xiamen Industry-University-Research Project Subsidy Fund 2023CXY0105
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Abstract

Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) enables biomolecules to form membraneless condensates critical for cellular functions like RNA metabolism and protein synthesis. Identifying LLPS-associated proteins is essential for understanding their roles in cellular organization and disease. Current prediction methods are hindered by complex and inefficient feature extraction processes. Here, we present a novel framework combining a protein language model ProtT5 with a KmerConv module for local sequence pattern detection and a multi-head attention mechanism for global sequence information extraction. This integrated approach achieves high predictive performance across multiple diverse datasets and generalizes effectively across different species. Our method provides a robust and efficient tool for systematic LLPS protein identification, advancing research into biomolecular aggregation and its implications for health and disease.

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Computational BiologyLiquid-Liquid ExtractionProteinsAlgorithmsHumansPhase SeparationProteinsdeep learningfeature engineeringliquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS)machine learningprotein language model (PLM)

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PMID41405960
PMCPMC12710474

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