Statistical methods for higher order dependences to understand protein functions

用于了解蛋白质功能的高阶依赖性统计方法

基本信息

批准号：
10492723
负责人：
Wen Zhou
金额：
$ 20.33万
依托单位：
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2021-09-23 至 2024-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10492723
关键词：
Algorithms Amino Acid Sequence Amino Acids Biological Cells Characteristics Complex Data Data Set Databases Dependence Drug Design Measures Methods Modeling Molecular Molecular Structure Outcome Physical environment Prognosis Protein Dynamics Proteins Public Health Science Statistical Methods Structure System Uncertainty amino group base computer framework discrete data genomic data improved novel novel strategies protein function protein structure statistics web site

Algorithms Amino Acid Sequence Amino Acids Biological Cells Characteristics Complex Data Data Set Databases Dependence Drug Design Measures Methods Modeling Molecular Molecular Structure Outcome Physical environment Prognosis Protein Dynamics Proteins Public Health Science Statistical Methods Structure System Uncertainty amino group base computer framework discrete data genomic data improved novel novel strategies protein function protein structure statistics web site

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项目摘要

This proposal brings together a strong team from molecular science and statistics to tackle the important problem of how to integrate protein structure and sequence information in complex systems. Some of the most important characteristics of these data are the strong correlations buried within them, with the pairwise correlations in the sequence data already being routinely used to predict structural contacts. Here, we are developing novel ways to use huge data sets to extract higher-order dependences, which are now possible with the availability of the large volumes of sequence data from genomics; and in addition, in the molecular structures such higher-order dependences are directly observable in the protein structures where groups of amino acids interact directly. Importantly, these higher-order dependences reflect the dense physical environment in the cell that requires for proper statistical characterization. A new model free information-theoretic measure is introduced to quantify the higher-order dependences, which serves as the central method in this project. By identifying the major challenges in drawing statistical inference based on this measure, we develop, evaluate, and improve a new statistical inference and computational framework for analyses of higher-order dependences with discrete data of a general type, motivated by the protein multiple sequence data. The new computationally efficient framework makes it possible to discover reliable higher-order dependences with the ability of quantifying uncertainty. The preliminary data here combine the information from sequences and structures to yield unexpected results that immediately relate to the dynamics of the protein structures. The outcome is an entirely new approach to handle the large volumes of protein sequence data and other omics data now available and the enormous volumes about to arrive on the doorsteps of omics analysts.

This proposal brings together a strong team from molecular science and statistics to tackle the important problem of how to integrate protein structure and sequence information in complex systems.一些 most important characteristics of these data are the strong correlations buried within them, with the pairwise correlations in the sequence data already being routinely used to predict structural contacts.这里， we are developing novel ways to use huge data sets to extract higher-order dependences, which are now possible with the availability of the large volumes of sequence data from genomics; and in addition, in the molecular structures such higher-order dependences are directly observable in the protein structures where groups of amino acids interact directly. Importantly, these higher-order dependences reflect the dense physical environment in the cell that requires for proper statistical characterization. A new model free information-theoretic measure is introduced to quantify the higher-order dependences, which serves as the central method in this project. By identifying the major challenges in drawing statistical inference based on this measure, we develop, evaluate, and improve a new statistical inference and computational framework for analyses of higher-order dependences with discrete data of a general type, motivated by the protein multiple sequence data. The new computationally efficient framework makes it possible to discover reliable higher-order dependences with the ability of quantifying uncertainty. The preliminary data here combine the information from sequences and structures to yield unexpected results that immediately relate to the dynamics of the protein structures. The outcome is an entirely new approach to handle the large volumes 现在可用的蛋白质序列数据和其他OMIC数据以及即将到达的大量卷 the doorsteps of omics analysts.