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Chin. Phys. B, 2025, Vol. 34(1): 018901    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ad8db2
SPECIAL TOPIC — Computational programs in complex systems Prev  

Accurate prediction of essential proteins using ensemble machine learning

Dezhi Lu(鲁德志)1,†, Hao Wu(吴淏)1,†, Yutong Hou(侯俞彤)2, Yuncheng Wu(吴云成)3, Yuanyuan Liu(刘媛媛)1,‡, and Jinwu Wang(王金武)1,2,§
1 School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China;
2 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implants, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China;
3 University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Abstract  Essential proteins are crucial for biological processes and can be identified through both experimental and computational methods. While experimental approaches are highly accurate, they often demand extensive time and resources. To address these challenges, we present a computational ensemble learning framework designed to identify essential proteins more efficiently. Our method begins by using node2vec to transform proteins in the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network into continuous, low-dimensional vectors. We also extract a range of features from protein sequences, including graph-theory-based, information-based, compositional, and physiochemical attributes. Additionally, we leverage deep learning techniques to analyze high-dimensional position-specific scoring matrices (PSSMs) and capture evolutionary information. We then combine these features for classification using various machine learning algorithms. To enhance performance, we integrate the outputs of these algorithms through ensemble methods such as voting, weighted averaging, and stacking. This approach effectively addresses data imbalances and improves both robustness and accuracy. Our ensemble learning framework achieves an AUC of 0.948 and an accuracy of 0.9252, outperforming other computational methods. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach in accurately identifying essential proteins and highlight its superior feature extraction capabilities.
Keywords:  protein-protein interaction (PPI)      essential proteins      deep learning      ensemble learning  
Received:  15 September 2024      Revised:  21 October 2024      Accepted manuscript online:  01 November 2024
PACS:  89.75.-k (Complex systems)  
Fund: This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2022YFF1202600), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 82301158), Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan of Shanghai Science and Technology Committee (Grant No. 22015820100), Two-hundred Talent Support (Grant No. 20152224), Translational Medicine Innovation Project of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (Grant No. TM201915), Clinical Research Project of Multi-Disciplinary Team, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (Grant No. 201914), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2023M742332).
Corresponding Authors:  Yuanyuan Liu, Jinwu Wang     E-mail:  yuanyuan_liu@shu.edu.cn;wangjw@shsmu.edu.cn

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Dezhi Lu(鲁德志), Hao Wu(吴淏), Yutong Hou(侯俞彤), Yuncheng Wu(吴云成), Yuanyuan Liu(刘媛媛), and Jinwu Wang(王金武) Accurate prediction of essential proteins using ensemble machine learning 2025 Chin. Phys. B 34 018901

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