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Nandi S, Bhaduri S, Das D, Ghosh P, Mandal M, Mitra P. Deciphering the Lexicon of Protein Targets: A Review on Multifaceted Drug Discovery in the Era of Artificial Intelligence. Mol Pharm 2024; 21:1563-1590. [PMID: 38466810 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c01161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
Abstract
Understanding protein sequence and structure is essential for understanding protein-protein interactions (PPIs), which are essential for many biological processes and diseases. Targeting protein binding hot spots, which regulate signaling and growth, with rational drug design is promising. Rational drug design uses structural data and computational tools to study protein binding sites and protein interfaces to design inhibitors that can change these interactions, thereby potentially leading to therapeutic approaches. Artificial intelligence (AI), such as machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL), has advanced drug discovery and design by providing computational resources and methods. Quantum chemistry is essential for drug reactivity, toxicology, drug screening, and quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) properties. This review discusses the methodologies and challenges of identifying and characterizing hot spots and binding sites. It also explores the strategies and applications of artificial-intelligence-based rational drug design technologies that target proteins and protein-protein interaction (PPI) binding hot spots. It provides valuable insights for drug design with therapeutic implications. We have also demonstrated the pathological conditions of heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) and matrix metallopoproteinases (MMP2 and MMP9) and designed inhibitors of these proteins using the drug discovery paradigm in a case study on the discovery of drug molecules for cancer treatment. Additionally, the implications of benzothiazole derivatives for anticancer drug design and discovery are deliberated.
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Affiliation(s)
- Suvendu Nandi
- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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- Centre for Computational and Data Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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- Centre for Computational and Data Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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Ghosh S, Mitra P. MaTPIP: A deep-learning architecture with eXplainable AI for sequence-driven, feature mixed protein-protein interaction prediction. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2024; 244:107955. [PMID: 38064959 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Protein-protein interaction (PPI) is a vital process in all living cells, controlling essential cell functions such as cell cycle regulation, signal transduction, and metabolic processes with broad applications that include antibody therapeutics, vaccines, and drug discovery. The problem of sequence-based PPI prediction has been a long-standing issue in computational biology. METHODS We introduce MaTPIP, a cutting-edge deep-learning framework for predicting PPI. MaTPIP stands out due to its innovative design, fusing pre-trained Protein Language Model (PLM)-based features with manually curated protein sequence attributes, emphasizing the part-whole relationship by incorporating two-dimensional granular part (amino-acid) level features and one-dimensional whole-level (protein) features. What sets MaTPIP apart is its ability to integrate these features across three different input terminals seamlessly. MatPIP also includes a distinctive configuration of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) with Transformer components for concurrent utilization of CNN and sequential characteristics in each iteration and a one-dimensional to two-dimensional converter followed by a unified embedding. The statistical significance of this classifier is validated using McNemar's test. RESULTS MaTPIP outperformed the existing methods on both the Human PPI benchmark and cross-species PPI testing datasets, demonstrating its immense generalization capability for PPI prediction. We used seven diverse datasets with varying PPI target class distributions. Notably, within the novel PPI scenario, the most challenging category for Human PPI Benchmark, MaTPIP improves the existing state-of-the-art score from 74.1% to 78.6% (measured in Area under ROC Curve), from 23.2% to 32.8% (in average precision) and from 4.9% to 9.5% (in precision at 3% recall) for 50%, 10% and 0.3% target class distributions, respectively. In cross-species PPI evaluation, hybrid MaTPIP establishes a new benchmark score (measured in Area Under precision-recall curve) of 81.1% from the previous 60.9% for Mouse, 80.9% from 56.2% for Fly, 78.1% from 55.9% for Worm, 59.9% from 41.7% for Yeast, and 66.2% from 58.8% for E.coli. Our eXplainable AI-based assessment reveals an average contribution of different feature families per prediction on these datasets. CONCLUSIONS MaTPIP mixes manually curated features with the feature extracted from the pre-trained PLM to predict sequence-based protein-protein association. Furthermore, MaTPIP demonstrates strong generalization capabilities for cross-species PPI predictions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shubhrangshu Ghosh
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India; TCS Research, Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.
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Ge F, Arif M, Yan Z, Alahmadi H, Worachartcheewan A, Shoombuatong W. Review of Computational Methods and Database Sources for Predicting the Effects of Coding Frameshift Small Insertion and Deletion Variations. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:2032-2047. [PMID: 38250421 PMCID: PMC10795160 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c07662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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Genetic variations (including substitutions, insertions, and deletions) exert a profound influence on DNA sequences. These variations are systematically classified as synonymous, nonsynonymous, and nonsense, each manifesting distinct effects on proteins. The implementation of high-throughput sequencing has significantly augmented our comprehension of the intricate interplay between gene variations and protein structure and function, as well as their ramifications in the context of diseases. Frameshift variations, particularly small insertions and deletions (indels), disrupt protein coding and are instrumental in disease pathogenesis. This review presents a succinct review of computational methods, databases, current challenges, and future directions in predicting the consequences of coding frameshift small indels variations. We analyzed the predictive efficacy, reliability, and utilization of computational methods and variant account, reliability, and utilization of database. Besides, we also compared the prediction methodologies on GOF/LOF pathogenic variation data. Addressing the challenges pertaining to prediction accuracy and cross-species generalizability, nascent technologies such as AI and deep learning harbor immense potential to enhance predictive capabilities. The importance of interdisciplinary research and collaboration cannot be overstated for devising effective diagnosis, treatment, and prevention strategies concerning diseases associated with coding frameshift indels variations.
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- Fang Ge
- State
Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and lnformation Displays &
lnstitute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts
& Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
- Center
for Research Innovation and Biomedical Informatics, Faculty of Medical
Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
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- College
of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa
University, Doha 34110, Qatar
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- School
of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanjing
University of Science and Technology, 200 Xiaolingwei, Nanjing 210094, China
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- College
of Computer Science and Engineering, Taibah
University, Madinah 344, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Community Medical Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
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- Center
for Research Innovation and Biomedical Informatics, Faculty of Medical
Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
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Banerjee A, Bahar I. Structural Dynamics Predominantly Determine the Adaptability of Proteins to Amino Acid Deletions. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:8450. [PMID: 37176156 PMCID: PMC10179678 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24098450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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The insertion or deletion (indel) of amino acids has a variety of effects on protein function, ranging from disease-forming changes to gaining new functions. Despite their importance, indels have not been systematically characterized towards protein engineering or modification goals. In the present work, we focus on deletions composed of multiple contiguous amino acids (mAA-dels) and their effects on the protein (mutant) folding ability. Our analysis reveals that the mutant retains the native fold when the mAA-del obeys well-defined structural dynamics properties: localization in intrinsically flexible regions, showing low resistance to mechanical stress, and separation from allosteric signaling paths. Motivated by the possibility of distinguishing the features that underlie the adaptability of proteins to mAA-dels, and by the rapid evaluation of these features using elastic network models, we developed a positive-unlabeled learning-based classifier that can be adopted for protein design purposes. Trained on a consolidated set of features, including those reflecting the intrinsic dynamics of the regions where the mAA-dels occur, the new classifier yields a high recall of 84.3% for identifying mAA-dels that are stably tolerated by the protein. The comparative examination of the relative contribution of different features to the prediction reveals the dominant role of structural dynamics in enabling the adaptation of the mutant to mAA-del without disrupting the native fold.
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- Anupam Banerjee
- Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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Banerjee A, Saha S, Tvedt NC, Yang LW, Bahar I. Mutually beneficial confluence of structure-based modeling of protein dynamics and machine learning methods. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2023; 78:102517. [PMID: 36587424 PMCID: PMC10038760 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2022.102517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Proteins sample an ensemble of conformers under physiological conditions, having access to a spectrum of modes of motions, also called intrinsic dynamics. These motions ensure the adaptation to various interactions in the cell, and largely assist in, if not determine, viable mechanisms of biological function. In recent years, machine learning frameworks have proven uniquely useful in structural biology, and recent studies further provide evidence to the utility and/or necessity of considering intrinsic dynamics for increasing their predictive ability. Efficient quantification of dynamics-based attributes by recently developed physics-based theories and models such as elastic network models provides a unique opportunity to generate data on dynamics for training ML models towards inferring mechanisms of protein function, assessing pathogenicity, or estimating binding affinities.
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- Anupam Banerjee
- Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh PA 15261, USA
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- Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh PA 15261, USA
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- Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh PA 15261, USA; Computational and Applied Mathematics and Statistics, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, and PhD Program in Biomedical Artificial Intelligence, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan; Physics Division, National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Taipei 106319, Taiwan
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- Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh PA 15261, USA.
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Savino S, Desmet T, Franceus J. Insertions and deletions in protein evolution and engineering. Biotechnol Adv 2022; 60:108010. [PMID: 35738511 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.108010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Protein evolution or engineering studies are traditionally focused on amino acid substitutions and the way these contribute to fitness. Meanwhile, the insertion and deletion of amino acids is often overlooked, despite being one of the most common sources of genetic variation. Recent methodological advances and successful engineering stories have demonstrated that the time is ripe for greater emphasis on these mutations and their understudied effects. This review highlights the evolutionary importance and biotechnological relevance of insertions and deletions (indels). We provide a comprehensive overview of approaches that can be employed to include indels in random, (semi)-rational or computational protein engineering pipelines. Furthermore, we discuss the tolerance to indels at the structural level, address how domain indels can link the function of unrelated proteins, and feature studies that illustrate the surprising and intriguing potential of frameshift mutations.
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- Simone Savino
- Centre for Synthetic Biology (CSB), Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology (CSB), Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology (CSB), Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium..
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