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Micaela Finney

Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryORCID 0000-0002-0789-7629Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1 Research Focus:protein design· 1 Assay:protein sequence· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Unobserved Sequence Space Has Many Functional Proteins

Nathan Diplock, Thomas Desautels, Riyaz Haque, Micaela Finney, Daniel J. Wackelin, Christina S. Kang-Yun, Dan M. Park, Sean P. Leonard

The paper shows that unobserved protein sequence space contains many functional proteins, challenging the assumption that existing proteins cover most functional space.

bioRxiv · Aug 26, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology