arXiv:2605.17261cs.IR2026-05

让大模型按生物研究流程分析蛋白,提升问答准确率。

Unlocking Biological Workflows for Robust Protein-Text Question Answering: A Dual-Dimensional RAG Framework

论文配图:Unlocking Biological Workflows for Robust Protein-Text Question Answering: A Dual-Dimensional RAG Framework
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  • 用双维度过滤策略模拟专家分析流程,精炼检索结果。
  • 在多种蛋白质测试集上表现领先,尤其对新蛋白泛化能力强。
  • 适合生物信息学、药物研发等需要精准蛋白解读的场景。

蛋白-文本问答对通过自然语言理解生物序列至关重要。将大语言模型(LLMs)与检索增强生成(RAG)结合,利用生物数据库并支持推理,是有效方法。但传统RAG依赖静态数据集,缺乏专家验证的生物研究流程,难以处理细粒度信息,且在分布外(OOD)蛋白上泛化能力差。为此,我们提出2D-ProteinRAG框架,使LLM能融入金标准生物工作流(如BLAST)。为从嘈杂检索上下文中提取高质量信息,引入双维度(2D)过滤策略:水平细粒度属性对齐使用轻量级意图感知判别器,剔除无关元数据并匹配查询;垂直同源语义去噪通过层次聚类消除多同源蛋白间的功能矛盾与冗余。在分布内及多样化的生物分布外基准上评估表明,2D-ProteinRAG持续达到最先进性能,优于微调基线及其他RAG方法。结果验证了该框架的鲁棒性与可扩展性,为真实科研场景中的蛋白功能解析提供可行方案。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Protein-Text Question Answering (QA) is crucial for interpreting biological sequences through natural language. The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) that efficiently leverages biological databases and facilitates reasoning offers a potent approach for it. However, constrained by the standard RAG pipeline, these models often rely on curated, static datasets instead of expert-proven biological workflows, lacking the fine-grained information processing and struggling to generalize to novel (OOD) proteins. To bridge this gap, we propose 2D-ProteinRAG, a novel framework that empowers LLMs to operate within the gold-standard biological research workflow (BLAST). To further extract high-quality information from noisy retrieval contexts, we introduce a dual-dimensional (2D) filtering strategy following the expert analytical paradigms. Horizontal Fine-grained Attribute Alignment utilizes a lightweight, intent-aware discriminative filter to prune irrelevant metadata and align database entries with specific user queries. Vertical Homology-based Semantic Denoising resolves functional contradictions and redundancy across multiple homologs via hierarchical clustering. Extensive evaluations on both In-Distribution and diverse biological OOD benchmarks demonstrate that 2D-ProteinRAG consistently achieves state-of-the-art performance, outperforming fine-tuned baselines and other RAG methods. Our results validate the framework's robustness and scalability, providing a practical solution for interpreting protein functions in real-world scientific scenarios.

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