Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3

Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3

29 April 2024 | Josh Abramson, Jonas Adler, Jack Dunger, Richard Evans, Tim Green, Alexander Pritzel, Olaf Ronneberger, Lindsay Willmore, Andrew J. Ballard, Joshua Bambrick, Sebastian W. Bodenstein, David A. Evans, Chia-Chun Hung, Michael O'Neill, David Reiman, Kathryn Tunyasuvunakool, Zachary Wu, Akvilė Žemgulytė, Eirini Arvaniti, Charles Beattie, Ottavia Bertolli, Alex Bridgland, Alexey Cherepanov, Miles Congreve, Alexander I. Cowen-Rivers, Andrew Cowie, Michael Figurnov, Fabian B. Fuchs, Hannah Gladman, Rishub Jain, Yousuf A. Khan, Caroline M. R. Low, Kuba Perlin, Anna Potapenko, Pascal Savy, Sukhdeep Singh, Adrian Stecula, Ashok Thillaisundaram, Catherine Tong, Sergei Yakneen, Ellen D. Zhong, Michal Zielinski, Augustin Žídek, Victor Bapst, Pushmeet Kohli, Max Jaderberg, Demis Hassabis & John M. Jumper
The paper introduces AlphaFold 3 (AF3), an advanced model for predicting the structures of biomolecular complexes, including proteins, nucleic acids, small molecules, ions, and modified residues. AF3 is an evolution of the AlphaFold 2 architecture, designed to improve accuracy and generalization across a wide range of biomolecular interactions. The new model demonstrates significantly improved accuracy over previous tools, particularly in protein-ligand interactions, protein-nucleic acid interactions, and antibody-antigen predictions. The architecture includes a Pairformer Module for processing pair representations and a Diffusion Module for predicting raw atom coordinates, which enhances data efficiency and reduces the need for multiple sequence alignment (MSA) processing. The training process involves a generative diffusion approach, which helps avoid issues like hallucination in disordered regions. Confidence measures are also developed to assess the quality of predictions. Despite these advancements, the model still faces limitations, such as stereochemical violations and challenges in predicting conformational states for certain targets. Overall, AF3 represents a significant step forward in the accurate prediction of biomolecular structures and interactions.The paper introduces AlphaFold 3 (AF3), an advanced model for predicting the structures of biomolecular complexes, including proteins, nucleic acids, small molecules, ions, and modified residues. AF3 is an evolution of the AlphaFold 2 architecture, designed to improve accuracy and generalization across a wide range of biomolecular interactions. The new model demonstrates significantly improved accuracy over previous tools, particularly in protein-ligand interactions, protein-nucleic acid interactions, and antibody-antigen predictions. The architecture includes a Pairformer Module for processing pair representations and a Diffusion Module for predicting raw atom coordinates, which enhances data efficiency and reduces the need for multiple sequence alignment (MSA) processing. The training process involves a generative diffusion approach, which helps avoid issues like hallucination in disordered regions. Confidence measures are also developed to assess the quality of predictions. Despite these advancements, the model still faces limitations, such as stereochemical violations and challenges in predicting conformational states for certain targets. Overall, AF3 represents a significant step forward in the accurate prediction of biomolecular structures and interactions.
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