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Workshop: Machine Learning in Structural Biology Workshop

ContactNet: Geometric-Based Deep Learning Model for Predicting Protein-Protein Interactions

Matan Halfon · Dina Schneidman · Tomer Cohen · raanan fattal


Abstract:

Deep learning approaches achieved significant progress in predicting protein structures. These methods are often applied to protein-protein interactions (PPIs) yet require Multiple Sequence Alignment (MSA) which is unavailable for various interactions, such as antibody-antigen. Computational docking methods are capable of sampling accurate complex models, but also produce thousands of invalid configurations. The design of scoring functions for identifying accurate models is a long-standing challenge. We develop a novel attention-based Graph Neural Network (GNN), ContactNet, for classifying PPI models obtained from docking algorithms into accurate and incorrect ones. When trained on docked antigen and modeled antibody structures, ContactNet doubles the accuracy of current state-of-the-art scoring functions, achieving accurate models among its Top-10 at 43\% of the test cases. When applied to unbound antibodies, its Top-10 accuracy increases to 65\%. This performance is achieved without MSA and the approach is applicable to other types of interactions, such as host-pathogens or general PPIs.

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