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. 2024 Mar 5;15:2010. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46203-0

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Fig. 2 — a Pipeline overview. Sequences are generated using a Variational Autoencoder and clustered by 60% identity to ensure heterogeneity. The structures of the remaining 167 sequences are predicted using AlphaFold2 for homo- and heterodimers. A function score is calculated based on solubility and the three sub-functions known to allow MinE to oscillate in E. coli: N-terminal membrane binding, interaction with MinD, and dimerization. The results are ranked, and the best and worst 24 candidates are selected for in vitro analysis. b Sequence conservation in naturally occurring and newly generated MinE homologs are highly similar. c Visual validation of ranked structures. With better ranking, structures show better MinD-interaction sites and membrane targeting regions.