Large Dataset Shows Protein Fitness Landscapes are Rugged

KevinKaichuang · x · 2026-09-01

The largest experimental protein sequence-fitness dataset, with 13k measurements across 3 proteins, reveals that fitness landscapes are rugged. It shows many functional sequences exist between orthologs, and current ML models fail to distinguish functional from non-functional sequences.

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