SYNTERACT

Closed weights University of Delaware 420M parameters June 2023

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The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

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Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
University of Delaware
Organisation type
Academia
Country
United States of America
Published
9 June 2023
Authors
Logan Hallee, Jason P. Gleghorn

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Biology
Task
Protein interaction prediction
Base model
ProtBERT-BFD

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters
420M
Training data
tokens

353,976 pairs × 500 avg amino acids = 176,988,000 tokens ≈ 1.8 × 10⁸ tokens {pairs calculation: 179,018 + 3,958 + 170,000 = 353,976}

Batch size
70

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Record confidence
Confident

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Protein-Protein Interaction Prediction is Achievable with Large Language Models
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Where it came from

SYNTERACT was published by University of Delaware, in United States of America, in June 2023. It comes out of academia.

It works in Biology, and is recorded as doing protein interaction prediction.

It is derived from ProtBERT-BFD rather than trained from scratch, which is the usual way a specialised model is produced.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

Answers

SYNTERACT — common questions

01

Who created SYNTERACT?

SYNTERACT was published by University of Delaware, based in United States of America, categorised as academia.

02

When was SYNTERACT released?

SYNTERACT was published in June 2023. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

03

What is SYNTERACT used for?

SYNTERACT works in Biology, and is recorded as handling protein interaction prediction. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

04

What GPU do I need to run SYNTERACT?

None. SYNTERACT is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

05

Is SYNTERACT open source?

The licensing for SYNTERACT was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

06

How many parameters does SYNTERACT have?

SYNTERACT has 420M parameters. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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