Accelerating antimicrobial peptide design: Leveraging deep learning for rapid discovery.

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are excellent at fighting many different infections. This demonstrates how important it is to make new AMPs that are even better at eliminating infections. The fundamental transformation in a variety of scientific disciplines, which led to the emergence of machine learn...

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Main Authors: Ahmad M Al-Omari, Yazan H Akkam, Ala'a Zyout, Shayma'a Younis, Shefa M Tawalbeh, Khaled Al-Sawalmeh, Amjed Al Fahoum, Jonathan Arnold
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315477
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author Ahmad M Al-Omari
Yazan H Akkam
Ala'a Zyout
Shayma'a Younis
Shefa M Tawalbeh
Khaled Al-Sawalmeh
Amjed Al Fahoum
Jonathan Arnold
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Yazan H Akkam
Ala'a Zyout
Shayma'a Younis
Shefa M Tawalbeh
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Amjed Al Fahoum
Jonathan Arnold
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description Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are excellent at fighting many different infections. This demonstrates how important it is to make new AMPs that are even better at eliminating infections. The fundamental transformation in a variety of scientific disciplines, which led to the emergence of machine learning techniques, has presented significant opportunities for the development of antimicrobial peptides. Machine learning and deep learning are used to predict antimicrobial peptide efficacy in the study. The main purpose is to overcome traditional experimental method constraints. Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli is the model organism in this study. The investigation assesses 1,360 peptide sequences that exhibit anti- E. coli activity. These peptides' minimal inhibitory concentrations have been observed to be correlated with a set of 34 physicochemical characteristics. Two distinct methodologies are implemented. The initial method involves utilizing the pre-computed physicochemical attributes of peptides as the fundamental input data for a machine-learning classification approach. In the second method, these fundamental peptide features are converted into signal images, which are then transmitted to a deep learning neural network. The first and second methods have accuracy of 74% and 92.9%, respectively. The proposed methods were developed to target a single microorganism (gram negative E.coli), however, they offered a framework that could potentially be adapted for other types of antimicrobial, antiviral, and anticancer peptides with further validation. Furthermore, they have the potential to result in significant time and cost reductions, as well as the development of innovative AMP-based treatments. This research contributes to the advancement of deep learning-based AMP drug discovery methodologies by generating potent peptides for drug development and application. This discovery has significant implications for the processing of biological data and the computation of pharmacology.
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spelling doaj-art-a57cdc99a0c44e618d1abfdfed7b37c82025-01-08T05:32:44ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-011912e031547710.1371/journal.pone.0315477Accelerating antimicrobial peptide design: Leveraging deep learning for rapid discovery.Ahmad M Al-OmariYazan H AkkamAla'a ZyoutShayma'a YounisShefa M TawalbehKhaled Al-SawalmehAmjed Al FahoumJonathan ArnoldAntimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are excellent at fighting many different infections. This demonstrates how important it is to make new AMPs that are even better at eliminating infections. The fundamental transformation in a variety of scientific disciplines, which led to the emergence of machine learning techniques, has presented significant opportunities for the development of antimicrobial peptides. Machine learning and deep learning are used to predict antimicrobial peptide efficacy in the study. The main purpose is to overcome traditional experimental method constraints. Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli is the model organism in this study. The investigation assesses 1,360 peptide sequences that exhibit anti- E. coli activity. These peptides' minimal inhibitory concentrations have been observed to be correlated with a set of 34 physicochemical characteristics. Two distinct methodologies are implemented. The initial method involves utilizing the pre-computed physicochemical attributes of peptides as the fundamental input data for a machine-learning classification approach. In the second method, these fundamental peptide features are converted into signal images, which are then transmitted to a deep learning neural network. The first and second methods have accuracy of 74% and 92.9%, respectively. The proposed methods were developed to target a single microorganism (gram negative E.coli), however, they offered a framework that could potentially be adapted for other types of antimicrobial, antiviral, and anticancer peptides with further validation. Furthermore, they have the potential to result in significant time and cost reductions, as well as the development of innovative AMP-based treatments. This research contributes to the advancement of deep learning-based AMP drug discovery methodologies by generating potent peptides for drug development and application. This discovery has significant implications for the processing of biological data and the computation of pharmacology.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315477
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Jonathan Arnold
Accelerating antimicrobial peptide design: Leveraging deep learning for rapid discovery.
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