PMSPcnn: Predicting protein stability changes upon single point mutations with convolutional neural network.

Journal: Structure (London, England : 1993)
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Abstract

Protein missense mutations and resulting protein stability changes are important causes for many human genetic diseases. However, the accurate prediction of stability changes due to mutations remains a challenging problem. To address this problem, we have developed an unbiased effective model: PMSPcnn that is based on a convolutional neural network. We have included an anti-symmetry property to build a balanced training dataset, which improves the prediction, in particular for stabilizing mutations. Persistent homology, which is an effective approach for characterizing protein structures, is used to obtain topological features. Additionally, a regression stratification cross-validation scheme has been proposed to improve the prediction for mutations with extreme ΔΔG. For three test datasets: S, p53, and myoglobin, PMSPcnn achieves a better performance than currently existing predictors. PMSPcnn also outperforms currently available methods for membrane proteins. Overall, PMSPcnn is a promising method for the prediction of protein stability changes caused by single point mutations.

Authors

  • Xiaohan Sun
    School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
  • Shuang Yang
    Key Laboratory of Grain and Oil Processing and Food Safety of Sichuan Province, College of Food and Bioengineering, Xihua University Chengdu 610039 China xingyage1@163.com.
  • Zhixiang Wu
    College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
  • Jingjie Su
    College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
  • Fangrui Hu
    College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
  • Fubin Chang
    Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
  • Chunhua Li
    School of Computer Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.