SMRTR Science & EngineeringNov 23, 2025Daily.dev

AI trained on bacterial genomes produces never-before-seen proteins

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Researchers developed Evo, an AI system trained on bacterial genomes that can generate novel protein sequences by interpreting DNA prompts like a language model processes text. When given partial gene sequences, Evo successfully completed known proteins and even created entirely new antitoxin proteins that had never been seen before in nature.

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