The Epigenetic Dimension of Protein Structure Is an Intrinsic Weakness of the AlphaFold Program
One of the most important lessons we have learned from sequencing the human genome is that not all proteins have a 3D structure. In fact, a large part of the human proteome is made up of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) which can adopt multiple structures, and therefore, multiple functions,...
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author | Azzaz, Fodil Yahi, Nouara Chahinian, Henri Fantini, Jacques |
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description | One of the most important lessons we have learned from sequencing the human genome is that not all proteins have a 3D structure. In fact, a large part of the human proteome is made up of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) which can adopt multiple structures, and therefore, multiple functions, depending on the ligands with which they interact. Under these conditions, one can wonder about the value of algorithms developed for predicting the structure of proteins, in particular AlphaFold, an AI which claims to have solved the problem of protein structure. In a recent study, we highlighted a particular weakness of AlphaFold for membrane proteins. Based on this observation, we have proposed a paradigm, referred to as “Epigenetic Dimension of Protein Structure” (EDPS), which takes into account all environmental parameters that control the structure of a protein beyond the amino acid sequence (hence “epigenetic”). In this new study, we compare the reliability of the AlphaFold and Robetta algorithms’ predictions for a new set of membrane proteins involved in human pathologies. We found that Robetta was generally more accurate than AlphaFold for ascribing a membrane-compatible topology. Raft lipids (e.g., gangliosides), which control the structural dynamics of membrane protein structure through chaperone effects, were identified as major actors of the EDPS paradigm. We conclude that the epigenetic dimension of a protein structure is an intrinsic weakness of AI-based protein structure prediction, especially AlphaFold, which warrants further development. |
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spelling | pubmed-95992222022-10-27 The Epigenetic Dimension of Protein Structure Is an Intrinsic Weakness of the AlphaFold Program Azzaz, Fodil Yahi, Nouara Chahinian, Henri Fantini, Jacques Biomolecules Article One of the most important lessons we have learned from sequencing the human genome is that not all proteins have a 3D structure. In fact, a large part of the human proteome is made up of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) which can adopt multiple structures, and therefore, multiple functions, depending on the ligands with which they interact. Under these conditions, one can wonder about the value of algorithms developed for predicting the structure of proteins, in particular AlphaFold, an AI which claims to have solved the problem of protein structure. In a recent study, we highlighted a particular weakness of AlphaFold for membrane proteins. Based on this observation, we have proposed a paradigm, referred to as “Epigenetic Dimension of Protein Structure” (EDPS), which takes into account all environmental parameters that control the structure of a protein beyond the amino acid sequence (hence “epigenetic”). In this new study, we compare the reliability of the AlphaFold and Robetta algorithms’ predictions for a new set of membrane proteins involved in human pathologies. We found that Robetta was generally more accurate than AlphaFold for ascribing a membrane-compatible topology. Raft lipids (e.g., gangliosides), which control the structural dynamics of membrane protein structure through chaperone effects, were identified as major actors of the EDPS paradigm. We conclude that the epigenetic dimension of a protein structure is an intrinsic weakness of AI-based protein structure prediction, especially AlphaFold, which warrants further development. MDPI 2022-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9599222/ /pubmed/36291736 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12101527 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Azzaz, Fodil Yahi, Nouara Chahinian, Henri Fantini, Jacques The Epigenetic Dimension of Protein Structure Is an Intrinsic Weakness of the AlphaFold Program |
title | The Epigenetic Dimension of Protein Structure Is an Intrinsic Weakness of the AlphaFold Program |
title_full | The Epigenetic Dimension of Protein Structure Is an Intrinsic Weakness of the AlphaFold Program |
title_fullStr | The Epigenetic Dimension of Protein Structure Is an Intrinsic Weakness of the AlphaFold Program |
title_full_unstemmed | The Epigenetic Dimension of Protein Structure Is an Intrinsic Weakness of the AlphaFold Program |
title_short | The Epigenetic Dimension of Protein Structure Is an Intrinsic Weakness of the AlphaFold Program |
title_sort | epigenetic dimension of protein structure is an intrinsic weakness of the alphafold program |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9599222/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36291736 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12101527 |
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