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AI models outperform physics-based methods in protein-ligand docking

A new benchmark called PoseX has been developed to evaluate protein-ligand docking methods, comparing AI approaches against traditional physics-based techniques. Experiments using PoseX demonstrated that AI methods generally outperform physics-based approaches in docking success rates. The research also found that combining AI modeling with physics-based post-processing, particularly after addressing ligand chirality issues in AI co-folding methods, can significantly improve results. AI

IMPACT AI methods show superior performance in protein-ligand docking, suggesting a shift from physics-based approaches in drug discovery.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a new benchmark and research findings published on arXiv.

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AI models outperform physics-based methods in protein-ligand docking

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Yize Jiang, Xinze Li, Yuanyuan Zhang, Jin Han, Youjun Xu, Ayush Pandit, Zaixi Zhang, Mengdi Wang, Mengyang Wang, Minjie Shen, Guang Yang, Yejin Choi, Wu-Jun Li, Tianfan Fu, Fang Wu, Junhong Liu ·

    PoseX: AI Defeats Physics Approaches on Protein-Ligand Cross Docking

    arXiv:2505.01700v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Existing protein-ligand docking studies typically focus on the self-docking scenario, which is less practical in real applications. Moreover, some studies involve heavy frameworks requiring extensive training, posing challenges …