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2 claims from 1 paper

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics

    Functional alignment of protein language models via reinforcement learning

    Blalock, Seshadri, Nakamura et al. · Nature Communications · 2026

    The authors introduce RLXF, which aligns protein language models with experimental measurements, and report improved generation of high-functioning variants across five protein families, including CreiLOV.

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    1. UncheckedProtein language models tuned with experimental feedback produced CreiLOV sequences with notably higher fluorescence, including the brightest variants reported so far.“We demonstrate this with CreiLOV, an oxygen-independent fluorescent protein, where RLXF-aligned models generate sequences with significantly enhanced fluorescence, including the most fluorescent CreiLOV variants reported to date.”
    2. UncheckedModels tuned with experimental feedback (RLXF) combine evolutionary knowledge with lab data, giving better sequences and hard-to-find synergistic mutation combinations.“Our results indicate that RLXF-aligned models effectively integrate the evolutionary knowledge encoded in pre-trained pLMs with experimental observations, improving the success rate of generated sequences and enabling the discovery of synergistic mutation combinations that are difficult to identify…”

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