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GE-MFAT: Heterogeneous Graph Feature Transfer with Focusing Attention for Protein-Metabolite Interaction Prediction

  • Yuzhi Sun
  • , Renjie Liu
  • , Liyuan Zhang
  • , Tianyi Zhao*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • School of Medicine and Health, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Protein metabolite interactions (PMIs) play a crucial role in cellular homeostasis, supporting drug development and revealing biological processes. Traditional detection methods are constrained by resource limitations, making large-scale PMI identification challenging. Existing machine learning approaches for PMI prediction often fail to capture correlation features between proteins and metabolites and struggle with crossspecies and batch effect problems. We propose GCN Embedding-Multihead Focusing Attention (GE-MFAT), a novel method that combines heterogeneous graph neural networks with a focusing attention mechanism to extract complex PMI relationships. Our model employs transfer learning to address cross-species and batch effect challenges. Experimental results across three datasets demonstrate that GE-MFAT significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods across all evaluation metrics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2025 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2025
EditorsJuan Liu, Jingshan Huang, Xiaowo Wang, Fa Zhang, Xiufen Zou, Tian Tian, Xiaohua Hu, Bin Hu, Yi Xiong
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages7719-7726
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9798331515577
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Externally publishedYes
Event2025 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2025 - Wuhan, China
Duration: 15 Dec 202518 Dec 2025

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2025 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2025

Conference

Conference2025 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2025
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period15/12/2518/12/25

Keywords

  • PMI
  • focus attention mechanism
  • heterogeneous graph convolutional network
  • transfer learning

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