molearn

protein conformational spaces meet machine learning

molearn is a Python package streamlining the implementation of machine learning models dedicated to the generation of protein conformations from example data obtained via experiment or molecular simulation.

Included in this repository are the following:

• Source code in the molearn folder
• Software documentation (API and FAQ) in the docs folder, also accessible at molearn.readthedocs.io.
• Example training and analysis scripts, along with example data, in the examples folder

Dependencies

The current version of molearn only supports Linux, and has verified to support Python >=3.9.

Required Packages

• numpy
• PyTorch (1.7+)
• Biobox

Optional Packages

To run energy evaluations with OpenMM:

• OpenMM
• openmmtorchplugin

To evaluate Sinkhorn distances during training:

• geomloss

To calculate DOPE and Ramachandran scores during analysis:

• Modeller (requires academic license)
• cctbx

To run the GUI:

• MDAnalysis
• plotly
• NGLView

Installation

Anaconda installation from conda-forge

The most recent release can be obtained through Anaconda:

conda install molearn -c conda-forge or the much faster mamba install -c conda-forge molearn

We advise the installation is carried out in a new environment.

Clone the repo and manually install

Manual installation requires the following three steps:

• Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/Degiacomi-Lab/molearn.git
• Install all required packages (see section Dependencies > Required Packages, above). The easiest way is by calling mamba install -c conda-forge --only-deps molearn, where the option --only-deps will install the molearn required dependencies but not molearn itself. Optionally, packages enabling additional molearn functionalities can also be installed. This has to be done manually (see links in Dependencies > Optional Packages).
• Use pip to install molearn from within the molearn directory python -m pip install .

Using molearn without installation

Molearn can used without installation by making the sure the requirements above are met, and adding the src directory to your path at the beginning of every script, e.g.:

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, 'path/to/molearn/src')
import molearn

Note in case of any installation issue, please consult our FAQ

Usage

• See example scripts in the examples folder.
• Jupyter notebook tutorials describing the usage of a trained neural network are available here.
• software API and a FAQ page are available at molearn.readthedocs.io.

References

If you use molearn in your work, please cite: S.C. Musson and M.T. Degiacomi (2023). Molearn: a Python package streamlining the design of generative models of biomolecular dynamics. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(89), 5523

Theory and benchmarks of a neural network training against protein conformational spaces are presented here: V.K. Ramaswamy, S.C. Musson, C.G. Willcocks, M.T. Degiacomi (2021). Learning protein conformational space with convolutions and latent interpolations, Physical Review X 11

Contributing

For information on how to report bugs, request new features, or contribute to the code, please see CONTRIBUTING.md. For any other question please contact matteo.t.degiacomi@durham.ac.uk.