Protein function prediction involves analyzing the amino acid sequence of a protein to determine its biological roles. Accurately predicting a protein’s function provides valuable insights, allowing scientists to identify the roles of newly discovered proteins, search for proteins suited for specific tasks, or evaluate the functionality of computer-designed proteins.
ProtNLM predicts the function of a protein based on its amino acid sequence. It is a T5-based model developed by Google which returns a number of suggested descriptive names, rank ordered by their score (0.0, 1.0) where larger is better. These predictions help scientists explore the potential functions of new proteins and evaluate computer-designed proteins, with sequence comparison to known proteins as a common first step.