arXiv:2511.14781q-bio.BMcs.AI2025-11中稿 · NeurIPS被引 1

拆解OpenFold组件,揭示哪些模块对蛋白质结构预测最关键。

Quantifying the Role of OpenFold Components in Protein Structure Prediction

  • 系统性评估OpenFold各组件对预测精度的贡献
  • 发现部分组件对大多数蛋白至关重要,且贡献与蛋白长度相关
  • 为理解深度学习蛋白质预测模型提供可解释性方向

AlphaFold2和OpenFold等模型已彻底改变蛋白质结构预测,但其内部机制仍不清晰。本文提出一种系统方法,用于评估OpenFold各个组件对结构预测精度的贡献。研究发现,某些组件对大多数蛋白质至关重要,而其他组件的重要性则随蛋白质类型变化。此外,多个组件的贡献与蛋白质长度存在相关性。这些发现揭示了OpenFold实现高精度预测的内在机理,并为更广泛地解读蛋白质预测网络提供了新思路。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Models such as AlphaFold2 and OpenFold have transformed protein structure prediction, yet their inner workings remain poorly understood. We present a methodology to systematically evaluate the contribution of individual OpenFold components to structure prediction accuracy. We identify several components that are critical for most proteins, while others vary in importance across proteins. We further show that the contribution of several components is correlated with protein length. These findings provide insight into how OpenFold achieves accurate predictions and highlight directions for interpreting protein prediction networks more broadly.

蛋白质结构可解释性深度学习

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