Large Language Models Generate Functional Protein Sequences Across Diverse Families

Large language models generate functional protein sequences across diverse families

Deep-learning language models have shown promise in various biotechnological applications, including protein design and engineering. Here we describe ProGen, a language model that can generate protein sequences with a predictable function across large protein families, akin to generating grammatically and semantically correct natural language sentences on diverse topics. The model was trained on 280 million protein sequences from >19,000 familie…

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