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We crawled and processed the amino acid sequences in the glycoside hydrolase GH11 family, and got 125 amino acid sequences with optimal pH condition. We used probabilistic approximation method to implement the embedding learning method on these samples. Based on these embedding vectors, we design a computational score to determine which one has a better optimal condition for two given amino acid sequences and achieves the accuracy 80% on the test proteins in the same family. We also give the mutation suggestion such that it has a higher activity in an expected environment, which is consistent with the previously professional wet experiments and analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A new computational method is proposed for the sequence based on the enzyme optimal condition analysis. 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