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1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

   Evolutionary velocity with protein language models predicts evolutionary dynamics of diverse proteins

   Hie, Yang and Kim · Cell Systems · 2022

   The authors use a protein language model to predict local evolution within protein families, producing a 'vector field' of protein evolution called evolutionary velocity, and report that it gives new evolutionary insights.

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   1. UncheckedA method called evo-velocity is reported to work across timescales from years to geological eons, including on proteins it was not built with.“Evo-velocity generalizes to evolution over vastly different timescales, from viral proteins evolving over years to eukaryotic proteins evolving over geologic eons, and can predict the evolutionary dynamics of proteins that were not used to develop the original model.”
   2. UncheckedThe paper says evo-velocity gives new insights into viral immune escape, serpin evolution and the role of gene transfer in eukaryotic glycolysis.“Evo-velocity also yields new evolutionary insights by predicting strategies of viral-host immune escape, resolving conflicting theories on the evolution of serpins, and revealing a key role of horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of eukaryotic glycolysis.”