Quantum algorithm for bioinformatics to compute the similarity between proteins

Abstract Drug discovery has become a main challenge in the society, following the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, pharmaceutical companies are already using computing to accelerate drug discovery and are increasingly interested in quantum computing (QC), with a view to improving the speed of development...

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Main Authors: Anthony Chagneau, Yousra Massaoudi, Imene Derbali, Linda Yahiaoui
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-12-01
Series:IET Quantum Communication
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/qtc2.12098
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description Abstract Drug discovery has become a main challenge in the society, following the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, pharmaceutical companies are already using computing to accelerate drug discovery and are increasingly interested in quantum computing (QC), with a view to improving the speed of development process for new drugs. The authors propose a quantum method for generating random sequences based on occurrence in a protein database and quantum algorithms for calculating a similarity rate between proteins. Both concepts can be used for structure prediction in drug design. The aim is to find the proteins closest to the generated protein and obtain an ordering of these proteins. First, the authors will present the construction of a quantum protein generator that defines a protein, called a test protein. The authors will then describe different methods to compute the similarity's rate between each protein in the database and the test protein or, for a case study, the elafin. The algorithms have been extended or adapted to a quantum formalism for use cases, that is, amino acid sequences, and tested to see the added value of quantum versions. The interest is to observe whether QC can be used in the drug discovery process.
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spelling doaj-art-e5f700c4a9c34aceb5001c62e9f6b9c02024-12-29T13:34:29ZengWileyIET Quantum Communication2632-89252024-12-015441744210.1049/qtc2.12098Quantum algorithm for bioinformatics to compute the similarity between proteinsAnthony Chagneau0Yousra Massaoudi1Imene Derbali2Linda Yahiaoui3Expleo Group Agence Méditerranée Vitrolles FranceExpleo Group Saint‐Priest FranceExpleo Group Saint‐Priest FranceExpleo Group Saint‐Priest FranceAbstract Drug discovery has become a main challenge in the society, following the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, pharmaceutical companies are already using computing to accelerate drug discovery and are increasingly interested in quantum computing (QC), with a view to improving the speed of development process for new drugs. The authors propose a quantum method for generating random sequences based on occurrence in a protein database and quantum algorithms for calculating a similarity rate between proteins. Both concepts can be used for structure prediction in drug design. The aim is to find the proteins closest to the generated protein and obtain an ordering of these proteins. First, the authors will present the construction of a quantum protein generator that defines a protein, called a test protein. The authors will then describe different methods to compute the similarity's rate between each protein in the database and the test protein or, for a case study, the elafin. The algorithms have been extended or adapted to a quantum formalism for use cases, that is, amino acid sequences, and tested to see the added value of quantum versions. The interest is to observe whether QC can be used in the drug discovery process.https://doi.org/10.1049/qtc2.12098graph theoryprobabilityquantum computingrandom processes
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title Quantum algorithm for bioinformatics to compute the similarity between proteins
title_full Quantum algorithm for bioinformatics to compute the similarity between proteins
title_fullStr Quantum algorithm for bioinformatics to compute the similarity between proteins
title_full_unstemmed Quantum algorithm for bioinformatics to compute the similarity between proteins
title_short Quantum algorithm for bioinformatics to compute the similarity between proteins
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topic graph theory
probability
quantum computing
random processes
url https://doi.org/10.1049/qtc2.12098
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