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Revisiting Protein-Protein Docking: A Systematic Evaluation Framework

A unified benchmarking framework is established that enables systematic evaluation of docking methods across diverse tasks and provides critical insights into the strengths and limitations of current docking strategies, thereby informing future developments in protein-protein docking research.

Linlong Jiang, Ke Zhang, Kai Zhu et al. · 3 citations
#quantum computing Open access Nov 2025

Macrocycle-DB: a comprehensive database for macrocycle-based drug discovery

Macrocycle-DB is presented, the most extensive online database dedicated to macrocycles, featuring 45 525 compounds, including 76 approved drugs and 105 clinical candidates that target 2533 proteins.

Minchuan Jiang, Tianyu Liu, Muzammal Hussain et al. · 6 citations

Overcoming Resistance in the Androgen Receptor: Rational and Strategic Design of Advanced Antagonists.

Advances in elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying AR conformational regulation are summarized and progress in the structure-based design and development of novel AR antagonists are highlighted, highlighting the power of computation-driven approaches in drug discovery.

Xin Chai, Tingjun Hou, Dan Li · 0 citations

MetalloDock: Decoding Metalloprotein-Ligand Interactions via Physics-Aware Deep Learning for Metalloprotein Drug Discovery.

Accurate prediction of metalloprotein-ligand interactions is critical for metalloprotein-targeted drug discovery. Conventional docking tools and existing deep learning (DL) models fail to reliably capture metal-ligand interactions, hampering the discovery of potent metalloprotein inhibitors. Here, we propose MetalloDoc...

Hui Zhang, Xujun Zhang, Qun Su et al. · 6 citations

How to efficiently characterize the interaction pathways of protein-ligand recognition? A comparative analysis on enhanced sampling approaches.

These results suggest that it will be much time-saving to utilize RAMD with high random force for interaction pathway exploration for both the pathway obvious and unobvious systems if the protein keeps stable in the simulation if the protein keeps stable in the simulation.

Zhiliang Jiang, Mingyun Shen, Zhe Wang et al. · 1 citation
#computer vision Jan 2026

Understanding the Kinetic Mechanism of Ligands Stabilizing the RAS-CYPA Interaction

This study leverages an integrated computational strategy combining molecular dynamics simulation, end-point binding free-energy calculation, and enhanced sampling technologies to elucidate the dynamic characteristics of RAS-ligand-CYPA interactions and uncover the dynamic process of stabilizer-mediated KRAS-CYPA stabi...

Kexin Xu, Mingyun Shen, Zhe Wang et al. · 0 citations

Computational and AI-Driven Ecosystem for Structure-Based Covalent Drug Discovery.

This Account describes a computational and AI-driven ecosystem for structure-based covalent drug discovery and dives into a suite of cutting-edge, AI-driven computational methods, exploring the potential of deep learning in tasks such as molecular docking, covalent binding site prediction, and lead optimization.

Shi Li, Hongyan Du, Xujun Zhang et al. · 4 citations
#machine learning Open access Mar 2024

Integration of molecular coarse-grained model into geometric representation learning framework for protein-protein complex property prediction

MCGLPPI, a novel geometric representation learning framework that combines graph neural networks (GNNs) with the MARTINI molecular coarse-grained (CG) model to predict overall PPI properties accurately and efficiently, offers an effective and efficient solution for PPI overall property predictions.

Yang Yue, Shu Li, Yihua Cheng et al. · 15 citations
#machine learning Open access Nov 2025

mRNABERT: advancing mRNA sequence design with a universal language model and comprehensive dataset

The authors develop mRNABERT, a foundational AI model that designs entire mRNA sequences and demonstrates superior performance across comprehensive benchmarks, which signifies a substantial leap forward in mRNA research and therapeutic development.

Ying Xiong, Aowen Wang, Yu Kang et al. · 23 citations · ⚡1
#machine learning Open access Jun 2025

AntiBMPNN: Structure‐Guided Graph Neural Networks for Precision Antibody Engineering

AntiBMPNN consistently outperforms AbMPNN, AntiFold, and ProteinMPNN in designing complementarity determining regions (CDR) 1‐3, yielding stronger binding affinities and confirming its potential to improve therapeutic antibody design.

Ze-Yu Sun, Jiayi Yuan, Divya Jaiswal et al. · 9 citations
#machine learning Open access Aug 2026

AI-driven PROTAC design overcomes oncogenic resilience by eliminating the CLIP1-LTK fusion protein.

The AI-guided development of a first-in-class proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) designed to selectively degrade the CLIP1-LTK fusion protein is reported, providing a promising therapeutic strategy for overcoming acquired resistance in kinase-driven cancers.

Shi-Cheng Chen, Hai-Ting Duan, S. Zhong et al. · 0 citations

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Google DeepMind Blog Sep 30, 2026

Introducing SynthID Bio

Proof of concept for watermarking AI-generated proteins while preserving biological function.

MIT News · Artificial Intelligence Aug 27, 2026

Looking beyond natural sequences

A new machine-learning framework aims to improve the success rate of computational protein design while moving away from results that reproduce sequences found in nature.

Google DeepMind Blog Nov 25, 2025

AlphaFold: Five years of impact

Explore how AlphaFold has accelerated science and fueled a global wave of biological discovery.

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