NMRNet: a deep learning approach to automated peak picking of protein NMR spectra.

Journal: Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
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Abstract

MOTIVATION: Automated selection of signals in protein NMR spectra, known as peak picking, has been studied for over 20 years, nevertheless existing peak picking methods are still largely deficient. Accurate and precise automated peak picking would accelerate the structure calculation, and analysis of dynamics and interactions of macromolecules. Recent advancement in handling big data, together with an outburst of machine learning techniques, offer an opportunity to tackle the peak picking problem substantially faster than manual picking and on par with human accuracy. In particular, deep learning has proven to systematically achieve human-level performance in various recognition tasks, and thus emerges as an ideal tool to address automated identification of NMR signals.

Authors

  • Piotr Klukowski
    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, Wroclaw, Poland.
  • Michal Augoff
    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, Wroclaw, Poland.
  • Maciej Zieba
    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, Wroclaw, Poland.
  • Maciej Drwal
    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, Wroclaw, Poland.
  • Adam Gonczarek
    Department of Computer Science, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland; Alphamoon, Wrocław, Poland. Electronic address: adam.gonczarek@pwr.edu.pl.
  • Michał J Walczak
    Alphamoon, Wrocław, Poland.