Latent-based Directed Evolution accelerated by Gradient Ascent for Protein Sequence Design
Nhat Khang Ngo, Thanh V. T. Tran, Viet Thanh Duy Nguyen, Truong Son Hy
This paper introduces LDE, a variational autoencoder-based method for protein sequence design that improves efficiency by prioritizing high-fitness mutants in latent space, outperforming baselines on eight tasks.
bioRxiv · Apr 13, 2024 · PreprintBioinformatics