arXiv:2606.05474q-bio.BMcs.LG2026-06被引 1

让蛋白结合剂只靶向特定构象,避免误伤其他状态。

AlloGen: Conformation-Selective Binder Generation with Differential State Scoring

论文配图:AlloGen: Conformation-Selective Binder Generation with Differential State Scoring
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  • 用可微分的评分模型区分不同构象,指导生成选择性结合剂。
  • 在多个蛋白家族中验证,能精准识别目标构象并避开其他状态。
  • 适合设计靶向变构蛋白(如激酶、受体)的高选择性药物。

蛋白质结合剂设计长期仅关注亲和力,忽视构象选择性:对于别构靶点(如激酶、核受体、GPCR),即使结合极强,若同时结合激活与非激活状态,仍无功能特异性。本文提出 AlloGen,一个模块化框架,将主链生成与可学习的构象选择性评分器 $Q_θ$ 分离。该评分器为基于 SE(3) 不变的界面图变压器,通过两阶段课程学习,先学界面几何,再施加构象区分。因 $Q_θ$ 全可微且与生成器无关,可作为被动重排序器或主动梯度引导,无需重新训练。在涵盖多蛋白家族及构象机制的多样化基准测试中,AlloGen 持续识别出偏好目标构象、排斥其他构象的结合剂。对钙调蛋白的实验验证显示,计算所得的选择性信号可转化为真实分子,生成全新肽段仅结合目标全配体态(holo),而对无配体态(apo)无检测到的结合。结果确立构象选择性为可学习属性,并提供通用的构象选择性蛋白结合剂设计框架。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Protein binder design has largely optimized for affinity alone, leaving conformational selectivity unaddressed: for allosteric targets such as kinases, nuclear receptors, and GPCRs, a binder that engages both active and inactive states provides no functional specificity regardless of how tightly it binds. We introduce AlloGen, a modular framework that decouples backbone generation from a learned state-selectivity scorer $Q_θ$, an SE(3)-invariant interface graph transformer trained via a two-phase curriculum that first learns interface geometry before imposing conformational discrimination. Because $Q_θ$ is fully differentiable and generator-agnostic, it integrates with any backbone generator as a passive reranker or an active gradient-based guide without retraining. Across a diverse benchmark of proteins spanning multiple families and conformational mechanisms, AlloGen consistently identifies binders that preferentially recognize desired structural states while rejecting alternative conformations. Experimental validation on calmodulin further demonstrates that these computational selectivity signals translate to physical molecules, yielding de novo peptides that bind the desired holo conformation while exhibiting no detectable binding to the apo state. Together, these results establish conformational selectivity as a learnable property and provide a general framework for state-selective protein binder design.

蛋白设计构象选择生成模型

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