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Ecole de physique et chimie industrielle de Paris
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Hybrid Generative Model: Bridging Machine Learning and Biophysics to Expand RNA Functional Diversity

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Functional RNAs perform diverse catalytic roles, yet natural sequences represent only a narrow subset of what is possible. Rediscovering such activities requires exploring functional sequence diversity beyond natural RNAs. We introduce a Bayesian hybrid generative model that combines a coevolutionary likelihood with an RNA secondary structure prior. This approach disentangles folding constraints from functional signals, enabling targeted diversification. On synthetic benchmarks, the model generates functional sequences beyond the training distribution. On large-scale ribozyme data, it improves the detection of active sequences and enhances sensitivity to local tertiary contacts. Finally, we introduce structural imprinting, a sampling strategy that uses alternative secondary structures to steer generation across under-sampled regions of sequence space. These results show that folding-informed generative modeling improves RNA design by supporting both extrapolation and control.

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