Pocket2Mol
Peng et al. (Peking University)
Efficient 3D molecular generation conditioned on protein binding pockets using equivariant graph neural networks with autoregressive atom placement.
Best For
Autoregressive 3D molecule generation with per-atom placement inside protein pockets
License
Open Source (check repo)
Strengths
- +Autoregressive (controllable generation)
- +Equivariant GNN architecture
- +Well-cited baseline
Limitations
- −Slow sequential generation
- −Drug-likeness varies
- −Superseded by diffusion-based methods on some benchmarks
R&D Pipeline Coverage
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