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PepBAN: A Deep Learning Framework with Bilinear Attention and Adversarial Learning for Peptide-Protein Interaction Prediction

PepBAN is introduced, a deep learning framework for modeling PepPI predictions that effectively learns the pattern of pairwise local interactions, enables the identification of key residues participating in the peptide-protein interactions, and offers an intuitive approach to interpret the underlying mechanisms of PepP...

Shuaiyan Li, Xiaorui Wang, Yuchen Zhu et al. · 4 citations

SynGFN: learning across chemical space with generative flow-based molecular discovery

This study proposes SynGFN, which models molecular design as a cascade of simulated chemical reactions, enabling the assembly of molecules from synthesizable building blocks, as a bridge linking molecular design and synthesis, accelerating exploration and producing diverse, synthesizable, high-performance molecules.

Yuchen Zhu, Shuwang Li, Jihong Chen et al. · 3 citations

ChargeNet: E(3) Equivariant Graph Attention Network for Atomic Charge Prediction

This work introduces an advanced equivariant graph attention neural network specifically engineered to model long-range atomic electrostatic interactions with high precision, and improves the model's accuracy, generalization, and robustness in complex scenarios.

Qiaolin Gou, Qun Su, Ji-Ke Wang et al. · 1 citation

PepPCBench is a Comprehensive Benchmarking Framework for Protein-Peptide Complex Structure Prediction

PepPCBench enables a robust evaluation of PFNN-based methods and supports their continued development for peptide-protein structure prediction, and highlights the influence of peptide length, conformational flexibility, and training set similarity on prediction accuracy.

Si-Long Zhai, Huifeng Zhao, Ji-Ke Wang et al. · 13 citations · ⚡1

One-Shot Rational Design of Covalent Drugs with CovalentLab

CovalentLab is introduced, an interactive computational platform that integrates ligand-based and warhead-based strategies into a unified workflow for the rational design of covalent ligands and enables the prediction and ranking of nine classes of covalent-binding residues in proteins according to their reactivity.

Xi Xue, Xiangying Liu, Xue Liu et al. · 4 citations · ⚡1
#machine learning Open access Jul 2025

Effective generation of heavy-atom-free triplet photosensitizers containing multiple intersystem crossing mechanisms based on deep learning

This work proposes a novel strategy that incorporates two models: a fragment-based model (Frag-MD) and a character-based model (MD), both integrating a conditional transformer, recurrent neural networks, and reinforcement learning that holds the potential to establish a new paradigm for discovering novel PSs applicable...

Kepeng Chen, Xiaoting Zhang, Ji-Ke Wang et al. · 4 citations

Protein–peptide docking with a rational and accurate diffusion generative model

RAPiDock is presented, an all-atom diffusion model that predicts peptide–protein binding patterns across 92 amino acid types, enabling high-throughput virtual screening for advancing therapeutic peptide design and serve as a powerful tool for high-throughput virtual screening with structural precision.

Huifeng Zhao, Odin Zhang, Dejun Jiang et al. · 21 citations · ⚡2
#computer vision Nov 2025

Improving the predictive performance of binding affinities and poses for protein–cyclic peptide complexes through fine-tuned MM/PBSA(GBSA)-based methods

Abstract Cyclic peptides represent a highly promising class of biopharmaceutical scaffolds. The screening of cyclic peptides against protein targets can be greatly facilitated using computational approaches, especially molecular docking. However, it remains a crucial challenge to accurately predict protein–cyclic pepti...

Huifeng Zhao, Jianxiang Huang, Gaoqi Weng et al. · 10 citations

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

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

STE-DC2I Uncovers Driver Genes in Colorectal Cancer Subtypes Using Symbolic Trajectory-Embedded Dark Causal Inference

An explainable intelligence computational framework, Symbolic Trajectory-Embedded Dark Causal Interaction Inference (STE-DC2I), which combines symbolic trajectory embedding with historical prediction mechanisms to model nonmonotonic oscillatory dependencies between genes in CRC subtypes offers interpretable insights an...

Meng Huang, Huijin Hu, Ming Li et al. · 0 citations

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Proof-based general-purpose computing with Magnetar

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