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ArticleNature communications2026

DiNovo enables high-coverage and high-confidence de novo peptide sequencing via mirror proteases and deep learning.

Zixuan Cao, Xueli Peng, Di Zhang, Piyu Zhou, Li Kang, Hao Chi, Ruitao Wu, Zhiyuan Cheng, Yao Zhang, Jiaxing Dai and 8 more

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Zixuan Cao *State Key Laboratory of Mathematical Science, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xueli Peng *State Key Laboratory of Mathematical Science, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Di Zhang *School of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China.
Piyu Zhou *State Key Laboratory of Mathematical Science, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Li Kang *State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics and Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, China.
Hao ChiUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7898-2599
Ruitao WuSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China.
Zhiyuan ChengState Key Laboratory of Mathematical Science, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yao ZhangState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics and Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5834-2829
Jiaxing DaiState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics and Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, China.
Yanchang LiState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics and Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4177-3726
Lijin YaoSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China.
Xinming LiSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China.
Yaoyu HeState Key Laboratory of Mathematical Science, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jinghan YangState Key Laboratory of Mathematical Science, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4203-4367
Haipeng WangSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China. hpwang@sdut.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-2366-7946
Ping XuState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics and Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, China. xuping_bprc@126.com.ORCID 0000-0002-0628-6981
Yan FuState Key Laboratory of Mathematical Science, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. yfu@amss.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6896-5931

Funding

Beijing Science FoundationCAMS Innovation Fund for Medical SciencesFoundation of State Key Lab of ProteomicsNational Key R&D Program of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaYoung Innovation Team Development Program for Higher Education Institutions in Shandong Province
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the recent advancements driven by deep learning, de novo peptide sequencing is still constrained by incomplete peptide fragmentation and insufficient protein digestion in current single protease-based proteomic experiments. Here, we present a software system, named DiNovo, for high-coverage and high-confidence de novo peptide sequencing by leveraging the complementarity of mirror proteases. DiNovo is empowered by several innovative algorithms, including a mirror-spectra recognition algorithm independent of pre-sequencing, two sequencing algorithms based on deep learning and graph theory, respectively, and target-decoy mapping, a method for sequencing result evaluation free of prior peptide identification. Compared with the trypsin protease used alone, DiNovo using two pairs of mirror proteases leads to two to three times high-confidence amino acids sequenced. Compared with previous single-protease de novo sequencing algorithms, DiNovo achieves much higher sequence coverage. DiNovo also shows great potential as a practical and powerful alternative to database search for peptide identification with quality control.

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Deep LearningPeptide HydrolasesPeptidesProteomicsSequence Analysis, ProteinSoftwareAlgorithmsAmino Acid SequenceTrypsinPeptide HydrolasesPeptidesTrypsin

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PMCPMC12963403

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