mamp-ml: A deep learning approach to epitope immunogenicity in plants
Stevens, D. M.; Yang, D.; Liang, T. J.; Li, T.; Vega, B.; Coaker, G.; Krasileva, K.
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Eukaryotes detect biomolecules through surface-localized receptors, key signaling components. A subset of receptors survey for pathogens, induce immunity, and restrict pathogen growth. Comparative genomics of both hosts and pathogens has unveiled vast sequence variation in receptors and potential ligands, creating an experimental bottleneck. We have developed mamp-ml, a machine learning framework for predicting plant receptor-ligand interactions. We leveraged existing functional data from over two decades of foundational research, together with the large protein language model ESM-2, to build a pipeline and model that predicts immunogenic outcomes using a combination of receptor-ligand features. Our model achieves 73% prediction accuracy on a held-out test set, even when an experimental structure is lacking. Our approach enables high-throughput screening of LRR receptor-ligand combinations and provides a computational framework for engineering plant immune systems.
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