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Specificity priors steer protein language models toward targeted enzyme evolution

Published: Jun 11 Journal: Example Protein Letters DOI: example-doi-001

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(Introduces a deep-learning framework for targeted protein evolution — matches your methodology and keywords.)

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Directed evolution has transformed protein engineering, yet exhaustive screening of sequence space remains costly and slow. Here we describe a framework that blends general structural plausibility with task-specific priors from a protein language model, and uses an active-learning loop to prioritize high-fitness variants for targeted evolution. Trained on millions of unlabeled sequences, the model captures evolutionary constraints and predicts the functional effect of mutations without task-specific labels. Across three enzyme families, guided campaigns reached target activity in roughly half the experimental rounds required by conventional saturation mutagenesis. Our results show that language-model priors can substantially reduce the wet-lab burden of engineering novel biocatalysts.

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Expressed, not just encoded: metaproteomics of gut microbes, host and diet

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Pairing shotgun metagenomics with high-resolution metaproteomics, the authors measure which microbial, host, and dietary proteins are actually expressed in the human gut — not just which genes are present. Across healthy adults and a small IBD subgroup, expressed function frequently diverged from genomic potential, and dietary proteins were traceable well enough to define a measurable "dietary exposome."

  • Metaproteomic activity correlated only weakly with metagenomic abundance for many taxa — gene presence poorly predicted expressed function.
  • A core set of ~2,100 microbial protein groups was expressed in most individuals despite wide taxonomic variation.
  • Dietary proteins from plant and animal sources were detectable and source-traceable, defining a quantifiable dietary exposome.
  • Host-derived proteins (mucosal and immune) co-varied with specific bacterial families.
  • Short-chain fatty acid biosynthesis was among the most consistently expressed microbial functions.

Background

Metagenomic surveys have mapped the genes present in the gut microbiome, but genomic potential is not the same as biological activity. Which proteins a community actually expresses determines how it metabolizes the diet and interacts with the host.

Metaproteomics closes this gap by measuring expressed proteins directly. Here the authors combine per-sample metagenomes with mass-spectrometry proteomics to resolve microbial, host, and dietary contributions within a single stool sample.

Study design & workflow

Stool samples from a cohort of healthy adults underwent shotgun metagenomic sequencing to build a sample-specific protein sequence database. Peptides were then measured by LC-MS/MS and matched against that database, with the false-discovery rate controlled at 1%.

Spectra were assigned a microbial, host, or dietary origin, and protein groups were quantified by spectral counts to compare expressed abundance against metagenomic gene abundance.

Expressed function vs genomic potential

Over 2,100 microbial protein groups were reproducibly detected, alongside several hundred host proteins and a smaller but consistent set of dietary proteins. For many taxa, protein-level activity ranked differently from metagenomic abundance.

Carbohydrate metabolism and short-chain fatty acid pathways dominated the expressed microbial proteome, while host signatures were enriched for mucosal defense and digestive enzymes.

Implications

Because expressed function diverges from gene content, composition-only microbiome studies may miss the activity that matters for host health. Metaproteomics offers a direct functional readout that integrates microbe, host, and diet in one assay.

The traceable dietary exposome also points toward using stool proteomics to reconstruct recent dietary intake objectively, without relying on self-report.

Figure 3. Expressed protein groups by source across the cohort.

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Figure 7. Metaproteomic activity vs metagenomic abundance per taxon.

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Table 1. Detected protein groups by source.
SourceProtein groups% of spectra
Microbial2,14861%
Host64229%
Dietary12110%

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Sharing signal across protein families; How AI is changing protein engineering
3 papers · 8:03 · Apr 10
  • Sharing signal across related proteins to predict fitness
  • How AI is changing protein engineering, end to end
  • Do generative models beat classical enzyme design?
0:00 / 8:03
Host AToday we're breaking down a hierarchical deep-learning framework for predicting protein fitness.
Host BThe neat trick is sharing signal across related proteins instead of training each one from scratch.
Host APaper two zooms out: how AI is changing protein engineering end to end.
Host BIt reframes design as search — models propose sequences, and the lab validates the promising ones.
Host AThen the benchmark paper asks whether generative models really beat classical enzyme design.
Host BSometimes they do — but data quality still decides who wins.
Host AA good reminder: the model is only as sharp as the assay behind it.
Building single-cell atlases at scale; Genome foundation models, compared
2 papers · 5:41 · Apr 8

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