Predicting Protein Function in the AI and Big Data Era

It is an exciting time for researchers working to link proteins to their functions. Most techniques for extracting functional information from genomic sequences were developed several years ago, with major progress driven by the availability of big data. Now, groundbreaking advances in deep-learning and AI-based methods have enriched protein databases with three-dimensional information and offer the potential to predict biochemical properties and biomolecular interactions, providing key functional insights. This progress is expected to increase the proportion of functionally bright proteins in databases and deepen our understanding of life at the molecular level.