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Protein structure prediction using AI and quantum computers

Geoffrey A S, B.

2021-05-24 bioinformatics
10.1101/2021.05.22.445242 bioRxiv
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This work seeks to combine the combined advantage of leveraging these emerging areas of Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing in applying it to solve the specific biological problem of protein structure prediction using Quantum Machine Learning algorithms. The CASP dataset from ProteinNet was downloaded which is a standardized data set for machine learning of protein structure. Its large and standardized dataset of PDB entries contains the coordinates of the backbone atoms, corresponding to the sequential chain of N, C_alpha, and C atoms. This dataset was used to train a quantum-classical hybrid Keras deep neural network model to predict the structure of the proteins. To visually qualify the quality of the predicted versus the actual protein structure, protein contact maps were generated with the experimental and predicted protein structure data and qualified. Therefore this model is recommended for the use of protein structure prediction using AI leveraging the power of quantum computers.

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