Generating experimentally unrelated target molecule-binding highly functionalized nucleic-acid polymers using machine learning

In vitro library screening is a powerful approach to identify functional biopolymers, but only covers a fraction of possible sequences. Here, the authors use experimental in vitro selection results to train a conditional variational autoencoder machine learning model that generates biopolymers with...

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Main Authors: Jonathan C. Chen, Jonathan P. Chen, Max W. Shen, Michael Wornow, Minwoo Bae, Wei-Hsi Yeh, Alvin Hsu, David R. Liu
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31955-4
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description In vitro library screening is a powerful approach to identify functional biopolymers, but only covers a fraction of possible sequences. Here, the authors use experimental in vitro selection results to train a conditional variational autoencoder machine learning model that generates biopolymers with no apparent sequence similarity to experimentally derived examples, but that nevertheless bind the target molecule with similar potent binding affinity.
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spelling doaj.art-502e0dcaf2ca4731b191cf430212bb7e2022-12-22T02:33:00ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-08-0113111710.1038/s41467-022-31955-4Generating experimentally unrelated target molecule-binding highly functionalized nucleic-acid polymers using machine learningJonathan C. Chen0Jonathan P. Chen1Max W. Shen2Michael Wornow3Minwoo Bae4Wei-Hsi Yeh5Alvin Hsu6David R. Liu7Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MITWork conducted at Uber AI Labs, Uber Technologies, Inc.Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MITMerkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MITMerkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MITMerkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MITMerkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MITMerkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MITIn vitro library screening is a powerful approach to identify functional biopolymers, but only covers a fraction of possible sequences. Here, the authors use experimental in vitro selection results to train a conditional variational autoencoder machine learning model that generates biopolymers with no apparent sequence similarity to experimentally derived examples, but that nevertheless bind the target molecule with similar potent binding affinity.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31955-4
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Generating experimentally unrelated target molecule-binding highly functionalized nucleic-acid polymers using machine learning
Nature Communications
title Generating experimentally unrelated target molecule-binding highly functionalized nucleic-acid polymers using machine learning
title_full Generating experimentally unrelated target molecule-binding highly functionalized nucleic-acid polymers using machine learning
title_fullStr Generating experimentally unrelated target molecule-binding highly functionalized nucleic-acid polymers using machine learning
title_full_unstemmed Generating experimentally unrelated target molecule-binding highly functionalized nucleic-acid polymers using machine learning
title_short Generating experimentally unrelated target molecule-binding highly functionalized nucleic-acid polymers using machine learning
title_sort generating experimentally unrelated target molecule binding highly functionalized nucleic acid polymers using machine learning
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31955-4
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