AI that simulates protein evolution
AI that simulates protein evolution
the-decoder.com EvolutionaryScale showcases AI that simulates hundreds of millions of years of protein evolution
A new AI model called ESM3 can generate functional proteins that would take hundreds of millions of years to evolve in nature by training on data generated by evolution.
Unlike traditional language models that only learn from textual data, ESM3 learns from discrete tokens representing the sequence, three-dimensional structure, and biological function of proteins. The model views proteins as existing in an organized space where each protein is adjacent to every other protein that differs by a single mutation event.
They used it to "evolve" a novel protein that acts similarly to others found in nature, while being structurally unique.
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