Peptide-HLA II interaction prediction for post-translationally modified peptides
Dumitrescu, A.; Korpela, D.; Bebenek, A. M.; Ju, A.; Lawrence, G. M.; Clauser, K. R.; Abelin, J. G.; Strazar, M.; Lähdesmäki, H.; Graham, D. B.; Xavier, R. J.
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CD4+ T cells recognize peptides presented by human leukocyte antigen (HLA) II, implementing a fundamental mediation mechanism of the adaptive immune system. Although post-translational modifications (PTMs) alter immune responses, PTM-peptide-HLA interaction prediction remains challenging due to data scarcity resulting from substoichiometric levels of PTMs. To overcome this, we developed PepChem, a deep learning model utilizing novel, molecular-level peptide representations that enable predictions for sidechain modifications. Using monoallelic datasets that we reanalyze for PTMs of interest, we show accurate predictions on PTMs that were unseen during training. Furthermore, we introduce a novel training protocol that improves PTM-peptide generalization compared to conventional methods. We predict and experimentally validate citrullination-induced binding increase of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-linked peptides to HLA II risk allele DRB1*04:01. This framework bridges the critical gap in PTM-aware immune recognition prediction, with immediate applications in autoimmunity, cancer, and infectious disease.
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