A Vast Navigable Protein Sequence Subspace
Sam Sinai, Andreea Gane, Nina K. Jain, Drew Bryant, Maxwell L. Bileschi, Ali Bashir, George M. Church, Eric D. Kelsic, Lucy J. Colwell
The paper maps the genome packaging landscape of AAV2 capsid protein using high-throughput synthesis and machine learning, revealing navigable subspaces of functionally viable sequences.
bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology