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ESM Metagenomic Atlas: The first view of the ‘dark matter’ of the protein universe

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https://ai.meta.com/blog/protein-folding-esmfold-metagenomics/ Meta AI created the first database revealing structures of the metagenomic world on the scale of hundreds of millions of proteins. These proteins exist in soil microbes, the deep ocean, and even our bodies, far outnumbering the microbes constituting animals and plants. Yet they are the least understood proteins on Earth. Deciphering metagenomic structures can resolve longstanding evolutionary-history mysteries and discover proteins potentially useful for curing diseases, cleaning environments, and producing cleaner energy. Predicting structures at this scale requires a breakthrough in protein folding speed. We trained a large language model to learn evolutionary patterns directly from protein sequences and generate accurate structure predictions end to end. Predictions are up to 60 times faster than the current state of the art while maintaining accuracy, and our approach can scale to much larger databases. We are now sharing our model, research paper, a database of more than 600 million metagenomic structures, and an API allowing scientists to easily retrieve specific protein structures relevant to their research. Here, ESM metagenomic #list

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