How to Write a Protein: Deciphering and Designing New Languages of Life - Arjuna Subramanian

Year
2024
Tags
Protein Engineering
artificial intelligence
computational biology
Proteins
large language models
machine learning
synthetic biology
biochemistry
protein design
molecular biology
genomics
human genome
protein folding
AI in biology
antibodies
Hemoglobin
insulin
cancer therapy
carbon capture
plastic degradation
environmental biotechnology
Therapeutic Proteins
Protein Sequences
bioinformatics
Biological Language
amino acids
biotechnology
drug discovery
molecular design
systems biology
Summary

This research applies large language models to decode and design proteins by treating amino acid sequences as biological languages. By identifying hidden structural and functional patterns across massive protein datasets, the work enables creation of novel proteins for medicine, cancer therapy, carbon capture, and environmental remediation beyond naturally evolved biological systems.