DeepFRET, a software for rapid and automated single-molecule FRET data classification using deep learning

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Single-molecule Forster Resonance energy transfer (smFRET) is an adaptable method for studying the structure and dynamics of biomolecules. The development of high throughput methodologies and the growth of commercial instrumentation have outpaced the development of rapid, standardized, and automated methodologies to objectively analyze the wealth of produced data. Here we present DeepFRET, an automated, open-source standalone solution based on deep learning, where the only crucial human intervention in transiting from raw microscope images to histograms of biomolecule behavior, is a user-adjustable quality threshold. Integrating standard features of smFRET analysis, DeepFRET consequently outputs the common kinetic information metrics. Its classification accuracy on ground truth data reached >95% outperforming human operators and commonly used threshold, only requiring similar to 1% of the time. Its precise and rapid operation on real data demonstrates DeepFRET's capacity to objectively quantify biomolecular dynamics and the potential to contribute to benchmarking smFRET for dynamic structural biology.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere60404
JournaleLife
Volume9
Number of pages21
ISSN2050-084X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2020

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