feat: face segregation bonus in activity scoring (+AUROC 0.8348→0.8420) by cschanhniem · Pull Request #72 · Open-Problem-Lab/OpenAMP-Foundry

cschanhniem · 2026-06-28T13:45:53Z

Summary

Adds helix_wheel_amphipathic_score × 0.05 as an eighth scoring term in activity_likeness_score(), capturing face-segregation quality (whether hydrophobic and cationic residues are properly partitioned onto opposite helical faces)
Benchmark improvements: pipeline AUROC 0.8348→0.8420 (+0.0072), phase3 AUROC 0.8126→0.8266 (+0.0140); AUPRC pipeline 0.8443→0.8627, phase3 0.8357→0.8479
Raises max_disagreement from 0.40→0.45 in both configs: face_segregation_bonus correctly raises SEED-008 Trp-rich activity scores by ~0.03, pushing their disagreement from ~0.40 to ~0.43; no non-Trp-rich candidate in the 709-sequence pool exceeds 0.41
6 new tests; score ceiling test split (0.97 without hw key, 1.0 clamped with hw=1.0); all 1245 tests pass

Biological Motivation

The existing amphipathicity term measures hydrophobic moment magnitude (μH). Face segregation is complementary: it measures whether cationic residues are correctly positioned on the hydrophilic face. A peptide can have high μH from a hydrophobic cluster but place cationic residues on the hydrophobic face — which is biologically suboptimal for the membrane-disruption mechanism. The helix-wheel analysis (PR #71) already computes this; this PR wires it into scoring with conservative weight 0.05.

max_disagreement Rationale

Threshold	Affected candidates	Trp-rich	Non-Trp-rich
>0.40	51	49	2
>0.45	1	1	0

All 49+ candidates shifted above 0.40 are SEED-008 (puroindoline-a) Trp-rich variants — a documented mechanism-divergence class, not prediction uncertainty. Raising to 0.45 accommodates them without admitting genuinely uncertain candidates.

Test Plan

pytest -q — 1245 passed (6 new face_segregation tests, updated SEED-008 disagreement zone sentinel, updated retrospective thresholds)
make lint — clean
make validate-scoring — pipeline AUROC 0.8420 (was 0.8348)
make validate-scoring-phase3 — phase3 AUROC 0.8266 (was 0.8126)
Retrospective test sentinels updated: phase3 ≥0.81 / <0.84 (gap preserved between phase3=0.8266 and pipeline=0.8420)
METHODS.md formula table, AUROC table, PR feat: face segregation bonus in activity scoring (+AUROC 0.8348→0.8420) #72 detail paragraph
CHANGELOG.md PR feat: face segregation bonus in activity scoring (+AUROC 0.8348→0.8420) #72 entry

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Adds helix_wheel_amphipathic_score × 0.05 as an eighth term to activity_likeness_score(), capturing whether hydrophobic and cationic residues are properly segregated onto opposite helical faces. This is orthogonal to μH (moment magnitude) — the existing amphipathicity term measures how large the moment is; the face segregation bonus measures whether the charge distribution is architecturally correct. Benchmark improvement: - pipeline AUROC: 0.8348 → 0.8420 (+0.0072) - phase3 AUROC: 0.8126 → 0.8266 (+0.0140) - pipeline AUPRC: 0.8443 → 0.8627 - phase3 AUPRC: 0.8357 → 0.8479 Side-effect fix: face_segregation_bonus raises SEED-008 Trp-rich activity scores by ~0.03 (correct: their Trp clusters form a genuine hydrophobic face), which pushes disagreement from ~0.40 to ~0.43. Raises max_disagreement from 0.40 → 0.45 in both pipeline.yaml and phase3.yaml. No non-Trp-rich candidate in the 709-sequence phase3 pool exceeds disagreement=0.41, so the new threshold still blocks genuinely uncertain candidates. Tests: 6 new tests for face_segregation_bonus; score ceiling test split into no-hw (0.97) and with-hw-clamped (1.0); retrospective sentinels updated (phase3 ≥0.81 / <0.84); disagreement config test updated to 0.45; SEED-008 mechanism-divergence zone test updated to [0.40, 0.45]. Total: 1245 tests passing.

- activity.py: fix "seven" → "eight" term count in ceiling comment - activity.py: add min(..., 1.0) defensive clamp on hw_amphipathic input - METHODS.md: update intro paragraph term count (seven→eight) and ceiling value (0.97→1.02 pre-clamp, bounded to ≤1.0 by clamp01) - test_pipeline_filters.py: update all stale 0.40 references to 0.45 in test docstrings and assertion messages (KDKDKDKD, PPPPPPPP, SEED-008 tests) - test_pipeline_filters.py: collapse redundant triple-assertion in SEED-008 test to single `0.40 < dis < 0.45` open interval - test_scoring_activity.py: add hw_score > 0.40 strength assertion for Magainin-2 in test_high_hw_score_improves_score_for_known_amp

- Pipeline AUROC 0.8348→0.8420 (bootstrap CI₉₅: 0.76–0.91) - Phase3 AUROC 0.8126→0.8266; AUPRC 0.8443→0.8627 - max_disagreement gate 0.40→0.45 in all narrative text - SEED-008 Trp-rich disagreement updated 0.37→~0.43 - Summary table header updated to "After PRs #61–72 (current)" - Recall@20 updated 43%→44%

* chore: update ROADMAP.md with current metrics, add coverage gate to make coverage - AUROC 0.8164→0.8420 (bootstrap CI₉₅: 0.76–0.91) in v0.4 milestone entry - Add v0.6.x section documenting PRs #61–#72 scoring improvements - Mark AUPRC gap as Done (PR #58, pipeline AUPRC=0.8627) - Update large-scale benchmark gap row with corrected n=87 and CI - coverage target: add --cov-fail-under=80 so make coverage exits non-zero below 80%; currently passes at 87.40% * docs: fix v0.6.x chain gap (add PR #65) and AUPRC attribution

…#72) (#76) PR #72 face_segregation_bonus improved magainin-1 (SEED-001) competitive ranking: - Synthesis pool: 6→7 scaffold families; SEED-001 contributes 5 candidates - SEED-002 remains excluded; all other counts updated - Candidate family priority table updated with current pool counts - Pilot panel serum stability section updated with correct family count All 20 pilot panel candidates still pass disagreement gate (max dis=0.4449 < 0.45)

* docs: sync pre-lab docs with 7-scaffold pool (PRs #61-76) - docs/NOMINATION_REPORT.md: add historical-record banner directing readers to current outputs/ for the post-PR #72 synthesis pool - reports/external_predict.py: document Macrel v1.6.0 ONNX model bug where log-softmax scores are compared against 0.5 (causing ALL sequences to be classified as NAMP, including canonical AMPs like magainin-2 and LL-37); recommend web server as reliable alternative and add --keep-negatives flag to CLI instructions * fix: correct Macrel v1.6.0 bug description and URL per review - Use package-documented URL (big-data-biology.org/software/macrel) instead of unverified subdomain - Change "range [-1, 0]" to "always <= 0; observed ~-0.8 to -0.05 on canonical AMPs" (log-softmax is bounded above by 0 but not below) - Update module docstring to match web-server-preferred stance and link to bug note

* docs: sync WET_LAB_HANDOFF.md and ROADMAP.md with 7-scaffold pool WET_LAB_HANDOFF.md was still referencing "6 pilot panel seed families" after SEED-001 (magainin-1) was re-added as the 7th scaffold family in PR #72. This PR corrects all stale counts and adds missing coverage for the two newly relevant seeds. Changes: - "other 5 seeds" → "other 6 seeds" in SEED-006 special notes - Serum stability section heading and body updated: 6→7 families, 3→5 flagged families, SEED-001 and SEED-009 rows added to table - SEED-001 (score 0.49): natural magainin derivatives have documented serum t½ 15-30 min; model score may be accurate (not an underestimate); N-Ac/C-NH₂ modifications recommended in QC; D-Lys Wave 2 plan ready - SEED-009 (score 0.57): Pro-rich backbone resists protease cleavage 10-50× vs Lys/Arg-X bonds; model likely underestimates actual t½ - SEED-006 and SEED-007 stability range corrected (0.61-0.67 / 0.64-0.66) - Added SEED-001 (Magainin-1) Special Notes section: mechanism (carpet/ toroidal pore), novelty caveat (low — serves as positive control), synthesis guidance (N-Ac + C-NH₂ both recommended), assay interpretation matrix including what SEED-001 inactivity means ROADMAP.md: - External predictor row updated: tool list corrected (CAMPR4, AMPScanner, dbAMP, AntiCP2, Macrel), checklist status noted, Macrel v1.6.0 CLI ONNX bug documented (all sequences misclassified as NAMP; use web server) * docs: fix 7 code-review findings in WET_LAB_HANDOFF and ROADMAP HIGH: - Fix SEED-009 length contradiction: helix-wheel table showed "9 AA" while stability table (added this PR) correctly shows "12 AA"; aligned to 12 AA throughout (confirmed from pilot panel sequences) - SEED-009 stability row: replace unsupported "10-50x slower" kinetic claim with mechanistic explanation — Pro nitrogen lacks free H for serine protease oxyanion hole (Pro-X bonds uncleaved); X-Pro bonds hindered by cis-trans isomerisation (Vanhoof et al. 1995, FASEB J 9:736-744) MEDIUM: - SEED-001 mechanism: distinguish toroidal-pore (primary, NMR-supported; Matsuzaki 1996, Huang 2006) from carpet mechanism (secondary at high conc; Brogden 2005); add assay signature guidance to help distinguish in vitro - SEED-001 disagreement: document scorer conflict (activity=0.81 vs boman=0.43, disagreement=0.377) so wet-lab team can interpret potential inactivity - SEED-003 stability: remove Radzishevsky 2007 (lipopeptides, not relevant to conventional short AMPs); reframe as known model calibration limitation for <15 AA sequences LOW: - N-Ac/C-NH2 claim: remove unsupported "2-3x" multiplier; keep qualitative statement that modifications reduce exopeptidase exposure - ROADMAP: note AMPlify excluded due to GPU/ONNX env incompatibility

AUROC 0.8420 was achieved in PR #72 (face_segregation_bonus), not in the initial 5-seed benchmark generation run. Clarify that the generation section describes the initial corpus and the AUROC figure reflects scoring improvements through PR #72. Also note that the 87-sequence eval set was finalized in PR #66.

* docs: update METHODS.md version tag and annotate 7-seed synthesis pool expansion The methods document was last updated for PRs #47-54. Since then the synthesis pool was expanded from 5 to 7 scaffold families (SEED-006 through SEED-009 in expansion PRs; SEED-001 re-entered in PR #72 via face_segregation_bonus). Changes: - Version line: "PRs #47-54" → "PRs #47-78" - Generation section: added blockquote note distinguishing the initial 5-seed benchmark run (383 variants, 87-candidate eval set, AUROC 0.8420) from the current 7-seed synthesis pool (100 candidates) - No scoring formulas or benchmark numbers changed * docs: fix AUROC attribution in METHODS.md 7-seed note AUROC 0.8420 was achieved in PR #72 (face_segregation_bonus), not in the initial 5-seed benchmark generation run. Clarify that the generation section describes the initial corpus and the AUROC figure reflects scoring improvements through PR #72. Also note that the 87-sequence eval set was finalized in PR #66.

…fix (#81) * docs: add wet-lab probability analysis, gold standard calibration, fix AUROC - docs/WET_LAB_PROBABILITY.md: quantified per-family and composite discovery probability for 20-candidate pilot panel across 7 scaffold families; includes attrition model, breaking-news criteria, assay sequence guidance, and documented epistemic ceiling on computational prediction - docs/GOLD_STANDARD_CALIBRATION.md: committed calibration report showing known AMPs (Magainin-2, Melittin, Defensin-HNP1, Temporin-A) score within/above the current 7-family pilot panel (mean ensemble 0.821); confirms pipeline calibration - cli.py: fix AUROC=0.8047→0.8420 in gold_standard disclaimer text (AUROC 0.8047 was the pre-PR #66 duplicate-corrected value; 0.8420 is the PR #72 final value) * fix: address code review findings on calibration and probability docs GOLD_STANDARD_CALIBRATION.md: - [HIGH] Fix Melittin blind-spot text: safety model assigns Safety=1.0 for Melittin (a confirmed model failure for curvature-mediated hemolysis); warn that Safety=1.0 cannot be used as evidence of non-hemolysis for any panel candidate - [MEDIUM] Acknowledge LL-37/Cecropin-A scoring below panel floor — indicates pipeline is optimised for magainin/mastoparan class; LL-37-like mechanisms may be under-scored - [MEDIUM] Rephrase AUROC disclaimer: "retrospective benchmark, not external prospective validation" (avoids conflating benchmark performance with independence) - [LOW] Fix Temporin-A SEED-004 reference for readers without history context WET_LAB_PROBABILITY.md: - [HIGH] Fix arithmetic error in pessimistic composite: 0.000127 → 0.000635, "99.99%" → "99.94%" - [MEDIUM] Fix SEED-009 mechanism description: ribosome exit tunnel binding (Gagnon 2016) and DnaK chaperone binding are distinct intracellular targets, not one pathway - [LOW] Fix "lowest serum stability" text: SEED-003 and SEED-008 (not SEED-003 and SEED-005) have the lowest model-estimated stability scores - Downgrade hemolysis probability estimates in conditional table: safety model is blind to curvature-mediated hemolysis (Melittin confirmed); estimate from structural class literature instead; adjust P(active AND passes hemolysis) 55-70% → 45-60%

The External Calibration section said "6 effective scaffolds" after PR #61, but PR #72 (face_segregation_bonus) reinstated SEED-001 (magainin-1) into the synthesis pool as the 7th scaffold family. Update the calibrated probability calculation accordingly: P(≥1 from 7 at 1.6%) ≈ 11%, at 2.4% ≈ 16%, at 3.1% ≈ 20% Calibrated range: 10–20% (was 10–18% for 6 scaffolds) Also: - Update executive summary to show post-PR #72 numbers (AUROC 0.8420, 7 families) - Add cross-reference to docs/WET_LAB_PROBABILITY.md for per-family breakdown - Clarify "publishable novel result" vs "breaking news" distinction in the table - Fix "calibrated estimate n=6" table column header → n=7

#91) Adds two feature columns extracted from the scoring pipeline's feature dict into the pilot panel CSV output, giving wet-lab teams direct access to the most informative physicochemical signals for within-family prioritization: - amphipathic_score: helix_wheel_amphipathic_score [0,1] — measures helical face segregation (hydrophobic vs hydrophilic); key predictor of membrane disruption AMP activity; drove AUROC improvement to 0.8420 in PR #72 - charge_ph74: net_charge_ph74 — actual net charge at physiological pH 7.4; directly predicts electrostatic membrane affinity; distinct from the charge_density (per-residue) already present in the scoring pipeline Both columns fall back to 0.0 when the feature dict is absent (CSV round-trip compatibility). 3 new tests cover exact extraction, correct column set, and graceful fallback.

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