arXiv:2502.15805cs.LGcs.AI2025-02被引 6

用片段级流匹配高效生成分子,提升属性控制与可扩展性。

FragFM: Hierarchical Framework for Efficient Molecule Generation via Fragment-Level Discrete Flow Matching

  • 分片段层级建模,通过粗到细自编码器重构原子细节
  • 在NPGen基准上优于原子级方法,属性控制更精准
  • 适合药物发现中的复杂分子设计,尤其关注天然产物

我们提出FragFM,一种基于片段级离散流匹配的新型分层分子图生成框架。该框架在片段层面生成分子,利用粗到细自编码器重建原子级细节,并结合随机片段袋策略有效处理大规模片段空间,实现更高效、可扩展的分子生成。实验表明,相比原子级方法,片段基方法在属性控制上表现更优,并可通过条件化片段袋进一步增强灵活性。我们还提出了自然产物生成基准(NPGen),用于评估现代分子图生成模型生成类天然产物分子的能力。由于天然产物具有生物预验证特性且不同于典型药物样分子,该基准提供更具挑战性且贴近实际的评价标准。我们在包括NPGen在内的多个分子生成基准上对FragFM进行对比测试,结果表明其性能优异。研究揭示了基于片段的生成建模在大规模、属性感知分子设计中的潜力,为化学空间更高效探索铺平道路。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We introduce FragFM, a novel hierarchical framework via fragment-level discrete flow matching for efficient molecular graph generation. FragFM generates molecules at the fragment level, leveraging a coarse-to-fine autoencoder to reconstruct details at the atom level. Together with a stochastic fragment bag strategy to effectively handle a large fragment space, our framework enables more efficient, scalable molecular generation. We demonstrate that our fragment-based approach achieves better property control than the atom-based method and additional flexibility through conditioning the fragment bag. We also propose a Natural Product Generation benchmark (NPGen) to evaluate the ability of modern molecular graph generative models to generate natural product-like molecules. Since natural products are biologically prevalidated and differ from typical drug-like molecules, our benchmark provides a more challenging yet meaningful evaluation relevant to drug discovery. We conduct a comparative study of FragFM against various models on diverse molecular generation benchmarks, including NPGen, demonstrating superior performance. The results highlight the potential of fragment-based generative modeling for large-scale, property-aware molecular design, paving the way for more efficient exploration of chemical space.

分子生成流匹配片段建模药物发现

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