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We have applied the orthogonal array method to optimize the parameters in the genetic algorithm of the protein folding problem. Our study employed a 210-type lattice model to describe proteins, where the orientation of a residue relative to its neighboring residue is described by two angles. The statistical analysis and graphic representation show that the two angles characterize protein conformations effectively. Our energy function includes a repulsive energy, an energy for the secondary structure preference, and a pairwise contact potential. We used orthogonal array to optimize the parameters of the population, mating factor, mutation factor, and selection factor in the genetic algorithm. By designing an orthogonal set of trials with representative combinations of these parameters, we efficiently determined the optimal set of parameters through a hierarchical search. The optimal parameters were obtained from the protein crambin and applied to the structure prediction of cytochrome B562. The results indicate that the genetic algorithm with the optimal parameters reduces the computing time to reach a converged energy compared to nonoptimal parameters. It also has less chance to be trapped in a local energy minimum, and predicts a protein structure which is closer to the experimental one. Our method may also be applicable to many other optimization problems in computational biology.
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Sun, Z., Xia, X., Guo, Q. et al. Protein Structure Prediction in a 210-Type Lattice Model: Parameter Optimization in the Genetic Algorithm Using Orthogonal Array. J Protein Chem 18, 39–46 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020643331894
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