AI3SD Video: Fireflies-Lévy Flights algorithm for peptides conformational optimization
AI3SD Video: Fireflies-Lévy Flights algorithm for peptides conformational optimization
Over the last 50 years, several algorithms and approaches were introduced and improved to tackle the challenges of exploring a large and multidimensional conformational space. Optimisation algorithms are frequently used to guide the search in a conformational space of complex molecules such as proteins. It is a crucial step to access molecular properties corresponding to the most stable conformer. The optimisers are usually buried in docking software with limited tuning possibilities. We implement a Fireflies algorithm with Lévy flights distribution to search for the lowest energy conformations of peptides. The hyperparameters of this bio-inspired metaheuristics algorithm are tuned and its performance is compared with the state-of-the-art method. Our results show that the Fireflies-Lévy flights algorithm is able to improve upon the genetic algorithm method with fewer energy evaluations. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first cheminformatics application that will open the door to additional nature-inspired metaheuristics to support the conformational analysis of large biomolecules.
AI3SD, AI3SD Event, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Intelligence, ML, Machine Learning, Proteins
Hosni, Zied
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Frey, Jeremy G.
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Kanza, Samantha
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Niranjan, Mahesan
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16 June 2021
Hosni, Zied
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Frey, Jeremy G.
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Kanza, Samantha
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Niranjan, Mahesan
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Hosni, Zied
(2021)
AI3SD Video: Fireflies-Lévy Flights algorithm for peptides conformational optimization.
Frey, Jeremy G., Kanza, Samantha and Niranjan, Mahesan
(eds.)
AI 4 Proteins Seminar Series 2021.
14 Apr - 17 Jun 2021.
(doi:10.5258/SOTON/P0109).
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Abstract
Over the last 50 years, several algorithms and approaches were introduced and improved to tackle the challenges of exploring a large and multidimensional conformational space. Optimisation algorithms are frequently used to guide the search in a conformational space of complex molecules such as proteins. It is a crucial step to access molecular properties corresponding to the most stable conformer. The optimisers are usually buried in docking software with limited tuning possibilities. We implement a Fireflies algorithm with Lévy flights distribution to search for the lowest energy conformations of peptides. The hyperparameters of this bio-inspired metaheuristics algorithm are tuned and its performance is compared with the state-of-the-art method. Our results show that the Fireflies-Lévy flights algorithm is able to improve upon the genetic algorithm method with fewer energy evaluations. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first cheminformatics application that will open the door to additional nature-inspired metaheuristics to support the conformational analysis of large biomolecules.
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Published date: 16 June 2021
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Zied finished his PhD in the Cronin Group at the University of Glasgow before securing a postdoctoral position in the Bioinformatics Hub in the Centre for Virus Research in Glasgow. During his research experience, he developed the ability to apply his knowledge of computational chemistry and synthesis into practical use in drug discovery, including machine learning tools for polymorphism predictions, artificial intelligence solution development, big data technologies and virtual screening. Before coming to Sheffield, Zied was a research associate in the Centre of Computational Chemistry at Bristol University where he was investigating mechanistic insights of the stereoselectivity in boron-lithium chemistry. He was previously a research associate at Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences at Strathclyde University (UK) where he fully utilised his machine learning for scientific projects, whilst collaborating with several global pharmaceutical companies such as Lilly, AstraZeneca and Novartis, providing the opportunity to liaise with industry professionals and experts.
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AI 4 Proteins Seminar Series 2021, 2021-04-14 - 2021-06-17
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AI3SD, AI3SD Event, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Intelligence, ML, Machine Learning, Proteins
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Local EPrints ID: 450210
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/450210
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Zied Hosni
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Mahesan Niranjan
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