A KAN-based hybrid deep neural networks for accurate identification of transcription factor binding sites.

Journal: PloS one
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Predicting protein-DNA binding sites in vivo is a challenging but urgent task in many fields such as drug design and development. Most promoters contain many transcription factor (TF) binding sites, yet only a few have been identified through time-consuming biochemical experiments. To address this challenge, numerous computational approaches have been proposed to predict TF binding sites from DNA sequences. However, current deep learning methods often face issues such as gradient vanishing as the model depth increases, leading to suboptimal feature extraction.

Authors

  • Guodong He
    Department of General Surgery.
  • Jiahao Ye
    Multifunctional Materials and Composites (MMC) Laboratory, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK.
  • Huijun Hao
    School of Information Engineering, Wenzhou Business College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, PR China.
  • Wei Chen
    Department of Urology, Zigong Fourth People's Hospital, Sichuan, China.