Transformer-based deep learning for predicting protein properties in the life sciences

A Chandra, L Tünnermann, T Löfstedt, R Gratz - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Recent developments in deep learning, coupled with an increasing number of sequenced
proteins, have led to a breakthrough in life science applications, in particular in protein …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsically disordered proteins: an overview

R Trivedi, HA Nagarajaram - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many proteins and protein segments cannot attain a single stable three-dimensional
structure under physiological conditions; instead, they adopt multiple interconverting …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted suppression of human IBD-associated gut microbiota commensals by phage consortia for treatment of intestinal inflammation

S Federici, S Kredo-Russo, R Valdés-Mas… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Human gut commensals are increasingly suggested to impact non-communicable diseases,
such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), yet their targeted suppression remains a …

[HTML][HTML] An expanded arsenal of immune systems that protect bacteria from phages

A Millman, S Melamed, A Leavitt, S Doron… - Cell host & …, 2022 - cell.com
Bacterial anti-phage systems are frequently clustered in microbial genomes, forming
defense islands. This property enabled the recent discovery of multiple defense systems …

Systematic discovery of recombinases for efficient integration of large DNA sequences into the human genome

MG Durrant, A Fanton, J Tycko, M Hinks… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Large serine recombinases (LSRs) are DNA integrases that facilitate the site-specific
integration of mobile genetic elements into bacterial genomes. Only a few LSRs, such as …

Accurate prediction of protein structures and interactions using a three-track neural network

M Baek, F DiMaio, I Anishchenko, J Dauparas… - Science, 2021 - science.org
DeepMind presented notably accurate predictions at the recent 14th Critical Assessment of
Structure Prediction (CASP14) conference. We explored network architectures that …

Search and sequence analysis tools services from EMBL-EBI in 2022

F Madeira, M Pearce, ARN Tivey… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The EMBL-EBI search and sequence analysis tools frameworks provide integrated access to
EMBL-EBI's data resources and core bioinformatics analytical tools. EBI Search …

Single-cell multi-omics in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus

C Li, JC Wood, AH Vu, JP Hamilton… - Nature Chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Advances in omics technologies now permit the generation of highly contiguous genome
assemblies, detection of transcripts and metabolites at the level of single cells and high …

Folding non-homologous proteins by coupling deep-learning contact maps with I-TASSER assembly simulations

W Zheng, C Zhang, Y Li, R Pearce, EW Bell… - Cell reports methods, 2021 - cell.com
Structure prediction for proteins lacking homologous templates in the Protein Data Bank
(PDB) remains a significant unsolved problem. We developed a protocol, CI-TASSER, to …

[HTML][HTML] Phages and their satellites encode hotspots of antiviral systems

F Rousset, F Depardieu, S Miele, J Dowding… - Cell host & …, 2022 - cell.com
Bacteria carry diverse genetic systems to defend against viral infection, some of which are
found within prophages where they inhibit competing viruses. Phage satellites pose …