Summary of Bindgpt: a Scalable Framework For 3d Molecular Design Via Language Modeling and Reinforcement Learning, by Artem Zholus et al.
BindGPT: A Scalable Framework for 3D Molecular Design via Language Modeling and Reinforcement Learning
by Artem Zholus, Maksim Kuznetsov, Roman Schutski, Rim Shayakhmetov, Daniil Polykovskiy, Sarath Chandar, Alex Zhavoronkov
First submitted to arxiv on: 6 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper presents a novel generative model called BindGPT that generates 3D molecules within a protein’s binding site. The model uses a simple yet powerful approach to create molecular graphs and conformations jointly, eliminating the need for an extra graph reconstruction step. Pretrained on a large-scale dataset and fine-tuned using reinforcement learning with scores from external simulation software, BindGPT demonstrates its versatility as a 3D molecular generative model, conformer generator conditioned on the molecular graph, and pocket-conditioned 3D molecule generator. Unlike other models that make representational equivariance assumptions about the domain of generation, BindGPT does not require such assumptions. The results show that this simple conceptual approach combined with pretraining and scaling can perform on par or better than current best specialized diffusion models, language models, and graph neural networks while being two orders of magnitude cheaper to sample. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary BindGPT is a new way for machines to create molecules that fit into proteins. This is hard because it requires understanding how the molecule and protein interact. The model can make different types of molecules, including 3D shapes and conformations. It’s trained on a big dataset and then fine-tuned using special scores from software that simulates real-world situations. The results show that this new approach works just as well as more complex models, but is much cheaper to use. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Generative model » Pretraining » Reinforcement learning
