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Deep learning framework boosts nucleic acid-small molecule docking accuracy

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Researchers have developed NucleoDock, a new deep learning framework designed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of docking small molecules to nucleic acid structures. This method addresses the challenge of limited experimental data by combining large-scale pretraining on synthetic complexes with fine-tuning on real-world data. NucleoDock integrates sequence and structural information with 3D features, utilizing a geometric scoring head for pose ranking. In benchmarks, NucleoDock demonstrated superior performance compared to traditional methods, achieving a 56% success rate in identifying correct docking poses and significantly improving early enrichment in virtual screening. AI

IMPACT Enhances computational drug discovery by improving the accuracy and speed of identifying potential therapeutic molecules for nucleic acid targets.

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Deep learning framework boosts nucleic acid-small molecule docking accuracy

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Shi Li (College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China), Xujun Zhang (College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China), Mingquan Liu (Faculty of Health Sciences, Universit… ·

    An accurate nucleic acid-small molecule docking framework via geometric deep learning with large-scale pretraining

    arXiv:2606.05198v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Nucleic acids are increasingly recognized as therapeutic targets beyond conventional protein-centered drug discovery, yet accurate and efficient docking of small molecules to nucleic acid structures remains challenging. Physics-ba…

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