Ensemble gene function prediction database reveals genes important for complex I formation in Arabidopsis thaliana

Recent advances in gene function prediction rely on ensemble approaches that integrate results from multiple inference methods to produce superior predictions. Yet, these developments remain largely unexplored in plants. We have explored and compared two methods to integrate 10 gene co‐function netw...

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Main Authors: Hansen, Bjoern Oest, Meyer, Etienne H., Ferrari, Camilla, Vaid, Neha, Movahedi, Sara, Vandepoele, Klaas, Nikoloski, Zoran, Mutwil, Marek
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90274
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48497
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Recent advances in gene function prediction rely on ensemble approaches that integrate results from multiple inference methods to produce superior predictions. Yet, these developments remain largely unexplored in plants. We have explored and compared two methods to integrate 10 gene co‐function networks for Arabidopsis thaliana and demonstrate how the integration of these networks produces more accurate gene function predictions for a larger fraction of genes with unknown function. These predictions were used to identify genes involved in mitochondrial complex I formation, and for five of them, we confirmed the predictions experimentally. The ensemble predictions are provided as a user‐friendly online database, EnsembleNet. The methods presented here demonstrate that ensemble gene function prediction is a powerful method to boost prediction performance, whereas the EnsembleNet database provides a cutting‐edge community tool to guide experimentalists.