Quantum Algorithm for Protein Structure Prediction Using the Face-Centered Cubic Lattice

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Hauptverfasser: Li, Rui-Hao, Doga, Hakan, Raubenolt, Bryan, Mostame, Sarah, DiSanto, Nicholas, Cumbo, Fabio, Joshi, Jayadev, Linn, Hanna, Gaffney, Maeve, Holden, Alexander, Kulkarni, Vinooth, Chaudhary, Vipin, Merz Jr, Kenneth M., Saki, Abdullah Ash, Radivoyevitch, Tomas, DiFilippo, Frank, Qin, Jun, Shehab, Omar, Blankenberg, Daniel
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author Li, Rui-Hao
Doga, Hakan
Raubenolt, Bryan
Mostame, Sarah
DiSanto, Nicholas
Cumbo, Fabio
Joshi, Jayadev
Linn, Hanna
Gaffney, Maeve
Holden, Alexander
Kulkarni, Vinooth
Chaudhary, Vipin
Merz Jr, Kenneth M.
Saki, Abdullah Ash
Radivoyevitch, Tomas
DiFilippo, Frank
Qin, Jun
Shehab, Omar
Blankenberg, Daniel
author_facet Li, Rui-Hao
Doga, Hakan
Raubenolt, Bryan
Mostame, Sarah
DiSanto, Nicholas
Cumbo, Fabio
Joshi, Jayadev
Linn, Hanna
Gaffney, Maeve
Holden, Alexander
Kulkarni, Vinooth
Chaudhary, Vipin
Merz Jr, Kenneth M.
Saki, Abdullah Ash
Radivoyevitch, Tomas
DiFilippo, Frank
Qin, Jun
Shehab, Omar
Blankenberg, Daniel
contents In this work, we present the first implementation of the face-centered cubic (FCC) lattice model for protein structure prediction with a quantum algorithm. Our motivation to encode the FCC lattice stems from our observation that the FCC lattice is more capable in terms of modeling realistic secondary structures in proteins compared to other lattices, as demonstrated using root mean square deviation (RMSD). We utilize two quantum methods to solve this problem: a polynomial fitting approach (PolyFit) and the Variational Quantum Eigensolver with constraints (VQEC) based on the Lagrangian duality principle. Both methods are successfully deployed on Eagle R3 (ibm_cleveland) and Heron R2 (ibm_kingston) quantum computers, where we are able to recover ground state configurations for the 6-amino acid sequence KLVFFA under noise. A comparative analysis of the outcomes generated by the two QPUs reveals a significant enhancement (reaching nearly a two-fold improvement for PolyFit and a three-fold improvement for VQEC) in the prediction and sampling of the optimal solution (ground state conformations) on the newer Heron R2 architecture, highlighting the impact of quantum hardware advancements for this application.
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spellingShingle Quantum Algorithm for Protein Structure Prediction Using the Face-Centered Cubic Lattice
Li, Rui-Hao
Doga, Hakan
Raubenolt, Bryan
Mostame, Sarah
DiSanto, Nicholas
Cumbo, Fabio
Joshi, Jayadev
Linn, Hanna
Gaffney, Maeve
Holden, Alexander
Kulkarni, Vinooth
Chaudhary, Vipin
Merz Jr, Kenneth M.
Saki, Abdullah Ash
Radivoyevitch, Tomas
DiFilippo, Frank
Qin, Jun
Shehab, Omar
Blankenberg, Daniel
Quantum Physics
Biomolecules
In this work, we present the first implementation of the face-centered cubic (FCC) lattice model for protein structure prediction with a quantum algorithm. Our motivation to encode the FCC lattice stems from our observation that the FCC lattice is more capable in terms of modeling realistic secondary structures in proteins compared to other lattices, as demonstrated using root mean square deviation (RMSD). We utilize two quantum methods to solve this problem: a polynomial fitting approach (PolyFit) and the Variational Quantum Eigensolver with constraints (VQEC) based on the Lagrangian duality principle. Both methods are successfully deployed on Eagle R3 (ibm_cleveland) and Heron R2 (ibm_kingston) quantum computers, where we are able to recover ground state configurations for the 6-amino acid sequence KLVFFA under noise. A comparative analysis of the outcomes generated by the two QPUs reveals a significant enhancement (reaching nearly a two-fold improvement for PolyFit and a three-fold improvement for VQEC) in the prediction and sampling of the optimal solution (ground state conformations) on the newer Heron R2 architecture, highlighting the impact of quantum hardware advancements for this application.
title Quantum Algorithm for Protein Structure Prediction Using the Face-Centered Cubic Lattice
topic Quantum Physics
Biomolecules
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08955