We have evaluated the prediction accuracy of three different tools, deep-learning-based AlphaFold2, AlphaFold3, and large language model-based ESMFold, utilizing the experimentally derived structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank between 2022 an...
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Jan 14, 2026
Recent advances in machine learning and self-supervised deep language modeling have made it possible to accurately predict protein structural properties. Most existing models and pretraining methods leverage evolutionary information in multiple seque...
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Jan 13, 2026
The interaction of proteins with diverse molecular partners, including other proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates, is essential for performing various functions, from signal transduction and gene regulation to immune recognition and cellular tr...
The majority of machine learning scoring functions used in drug discovery for predicting protein-ligand binding poses and affinities have been trained on the PDBBind data set. However, it is unclear whether these new scoring functions are actually an...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Dec 31, 2025
Drug-target affinity (DTA) prediction is crucial in drug discovery. It enables researchers to elucidate the complex interaction mechanisms between candidate drugs and biological targets. However, current methods have limitations in capturing global s...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Dec 30, 2025
The ability of proteins to adopt multiple conformations is fundamental to their biological function. With the advent of AlphaFold, machine learning (ML)-based methods have extended their capabilities to more broadly sample this intrinsic conformation...
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Dec 25, 2025
Protein adsorption on surfaces is a highly complex process, governed by intricate interactions between protein, surface and surrounding environment. However, accurately predicting protein adsorption amounts and precisely controlling adsorption behavi...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Dec 24, 2025
Accurate prediction of protein-ligand binding affinities (PLAs) is essential for drug discovery and development. Recent advancements suggest that transforming protein-ligand complexes into heterogeneous graph representations may offer a viable soluti...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Dec 24, 2025
Understanding protein structure and dynamics is crucial for basic biology and drug design. Conventional methods often provide static conformations that inadequately capture protein flexibility. We present PackDock, a framework that integrates deep le...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Dec 23, 2025
Protein-ligand binding affinity plays a central role in molecular recognition and drug discovery, yet accurate prediction remains challenging due to the complexity of three-dimensional interactions. Conventional computational approaches, including do...
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