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ArticleBriefings in bioinformatics2025

$\mathcal{S}$ able: bridging the gap in protein structure understanding with an empowering and versatile pre-training paradigm.

Jiashan Li, Xi Chen, He Huang, Mingliang Zeng, Jingcheng Yu, Xinqi Gong, Qiwei Ye

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Article in Briefings in bioinformatics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Jiashan LiInstitute for Mathematical Sciences, Renmin University of China, 59 Zhongguancun Street, Beijing 100872, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8439-7516
Xi ChenBio Computing Center, Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, 150 Chengfu Road, Beijing 100084, China.
He HuangBio Computing Center, Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, 150 Chengfu Road, Beijing 100084, China.
Mingliang ZengBio Computing Center, Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, 150 Chengfu Road, Beijing 100084, China.
Jingcheng YuBio Computing Center, Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, 150 Chengfu Road, Beijing 100084, China.
Xinqi GongInstitute for Mathematical Sciences, Renmin University of China, 59 Zhongguancun Street, Beijing 100872, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2802-6176
Qiwei YeBio Computing Center, Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, 150 Chengfu Road, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4264-5846

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Abstract

Protein pre-training has emerged as a transformative approach for solving diverse biological tasks. While many contemporary methods focus on sequence-based language models, recent findings highlight that protein sequences alone are insufficient to capture the extensive information inherent in protein structures. Recognizing the crucial role of protein structure in defining function and interactions, we introduce $\mathcal{S}$able, a versatile pre-training model designed to comprehensively understand protein structures. $\mathcal{S}$able incorporates a novel structural encoding mechanism that enhances inter-atomic information exchange and spatial awareness, combined with robust pre-training strategies and lightweight decoders optimized for specific downstream tasks. This approach enables $\mathcal{S}$able to consistently outperform existing methods in tasks such as generation, classification, and regression, demonstrating its superior capability in protein structure representation. The code and models can be accessed via GitHub repository at https://github.com/baaihealth/Sable.

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Computational BiologyProteinsSoftwareAlgorithmsModels, MolecularProtein ConformationProteinsantibody designprotein function predictionprotein representation learningprotein structural pre-training

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