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Design of synthetic promoters for cyanobacteria with generative deep-learning model
Abstract Deep generative models, which can approximate complex data distribution from large datasets, are widely used in biological dataset analysis. In particular, they can identify and unravel hidden traits encoded within a complicated nucleotide sequence, allowing us to design genetic parts with...
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Published in: | Nucleic acids research 2023-07, Vol.51 (13), p.7071-7082 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Deep generative models, which can approximate complex data distribution from large datasets, are widely used in biological dataset analysis. In particular, they can identify and unravel hidden traits encoded within a complicated nucleotide sequence, allowing us to design genetic parts with accuracy. Here, we provide a deep-learning based generic framework to design and evaluate synthetic promoters for cyanobacteria using generative models, which was in turn validated with cell-free transcription assay. We developed a deep generative model and a predictive model using a variational autoencoder and convolutional neural network, respectively. Using native promoter sequences of the model unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 as a training dataset, we generated 10 000 synthetic promoter sequences and predicted their strengths. By position weight matrix and k-mer analyses, we confirmed that our model captured a valid feature of cyanobacteria promoters from the dataset. Furthermore, critical subregion identification analysis consistently revealed the importance of the -10 box sequence motif in cyanobacteria promoters. Moreover, we validated that the generated promoter sequence can efficiently drive transcription via cell-free transcription assay. This approach, combining in silico and in vitro studies, will provide a foundation for the rapid design and validation of synthetic promoters, especially for non-model organisms.
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ISSN: | 0305-1048 1362-4962 |
DOI: | 10.1093/nar/gkad451 |