Deep‐Learning‐Based Approaches for Rational Design of Stapled Peptides With High Antimicrobial Activity and Stability

ABSTRACT Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) face stability and toxicity challenges in clinical use. Stapled modification enhances their stability and effectiveness, but its application in peptide design is rarely reported. This study built ten prediction models for stapled AMPs using deep and machine lea...

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Main Authors: Ruole Chen, Yuhao You, Yanchao Liu, Xin Sun, Tianyue Ma, Xingzhen Lao, Heng Zheng
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Published: Wiley 2025-03-01
Series:Microbial Biotechnology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70121
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author Ruole Chen
Yuhao You
Yanchao Liu
Xin Sun
Tianyue Ma
Xingzhen Lao
Heng Zheng
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description ABSTRACT Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) face stability and toxicity challenges in clinical use. Stapled modification enhances their stability and effectiveness, but its application in peptide design is rarely reported. This study built ten prediction models for stapled AMPs using deep and machine learning, tested their accuracy with an independent data set and wet lab experiments, and characterised stapled loop structures using structural, sequence and amino acid descriptors. AlphaFold improved stapled peptide structure prediction. The support vector machine model performed best, while two deep learning models achieved the highest accuracy of 1.0 on an external test set. Designed cysteine‐ and lysine‐stapled peptides inhibited various bacteria with low concentrations and showed good serum stability and low haemolytic activity. This study highlights the potential of the deep learning method in peptide modification and design.
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spelling doaj-art-77f9a51eec424fb896db26b0d669e1122025-08-20T01:48:41ZengWileyMicrobial Biotechnology1751-79152025-03-01183n/an/a10.1111/1751-7915.70121Deep‐Learning‐Based Approaches for Rational Design of Stapled Peptides With High Antimicrobial Activity and StabilityRuole Chen0Yuhao You1Yanchao Liu2Xin Sun3Tianyue Ma4Xingzhen Lao5Heng Zheng6School of Life Science and Technology China Pharmaceutical University Nanjing Jiangsu ChinaSchool of Life Science and Technology China Pharmaceutical University Nanjing Jiangsu ChinaSchool of Life Science and Technology China Pharmaceutical University Nanjing Jiangsu ChinaSchool of Life Science and Technology China Pharmaceutical University Nanjing Jiangsu ChinaSchool of Life Science and Technology China Pharmaceutical University Nanjing Jiangsu ChinaSchool of Life Science and Technology China Pharmaceutical University Nanjing Jiangsu ChinaSchool of Life Science and Technology China Pharmaceutical University Nanjing Jiangsu ChinaABSTRACT Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) face stability and toxicity challenges in clinical use. Stapled modification enhances their stability and effectiveness, but its application in peptide design is rarely reported. This study built ten prediction models for stapled AMPs using deep and machine learning, tested their accuracy with an independent data set and wet lab experiments, and characterised stapled loop structures using structural, sequence and amino acid descriptors. AlphaFold improved stapled peptide structure prediction. The support vector machine model performed best, while two deep learning models achieved the highest accuracy of 1.0 on an external test set. Designed cysteine‐ and lysine‐stapled peptides inhibited various bacteria with low concentrations and showed good serum stability and low haemolytic activity. This study highlights the potential of the deep learning method in peptide modification and design.https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70121antimicrobial activityantimicrobial peptidesdeep learninghaemolytic activityserum stabilitystapled peptides
spellingShingle Ruole Chen
Yuhao You
Yanchao Liu
Xin Sun
Tianyue Ma
Xingzhen Lao
Heng Zheng
Deep‐Learning‐Based Approaches for Rational Design of Stapled Peptides With High Antimicrobial Activity and Stability
Microbial Biotechnology
antimicrobial activity
antimicrobial peptides
deep learning
haemolytic activity
serum stability
stapled peptides
title Deep‐Learning‐Based Approaches for Rational Design of Stapled Peptides With High Antimicrobial Activity and Stability
title_full Deep‐Learning‐Based Approaches for Rational Design of Stapled Peptides With High Antimicrobial Activity and Stability
title_fullStr Deep‐Learning‐Based Approaches for Rational Design of Stapled Peptides With High Antimicrobial Activity and Stability
title_full_unstemmed Deep‐Learning‐Based Approaches for Rational Design of Stapled Peptides With High Antimicrobial Activity and Stability
title_short Deep‐Learning‐Based Approaches for Rational Design of Stapled Peptides With High Antimicrobial Activity and Stability
title_sort deep learning based approaches for rational design of stapled peptides with high antimicrobial activity and stability
topic antimicrobial activity
antimicrobial peptides
deep learning
haemolytic activity
serum stability
stapled peptides
url https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70121
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