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In this study, we harnessed the power of pre-trained protein language models (PLMs) to develop a novel machine learning framework, termed PLM-FRP, which utilizes deep learning-derived features for FRP identification. By integrating ESM2 embeddings with traditional sequence-based features, PLM-FRP effectively captures complex evolutionary relationships and structural patterns within protein sequences, achieving a remarkable accuracy of 96.09% on the benchmark dataset and significantly outperforming previous state-of-the-art methods. 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