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ArticleNature communications2026

An equivariant pretrained transformer for unified 3D molecular representation learning.

Rui Jiao, Xiangzhe Kong, Li Zhang, Ziyang Yu, Fangyuan Ren, Wenjuan Tan, Wenbing Huang, Yang Liu

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Rui Jiao *Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-1718-4920
Xiangzhe Kong *Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-7047-1910
Li Zhang *Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ziyang YuDepartment of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Fangyuan RenDepartment of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-2270-3150
Wenjuan TanDepartment of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Wenbing HuangGaoling School of Artificial Intelligence, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China. hwenbing@ruc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2566-4159
Yang LiuDepartment of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. liuyang2011@tsinghua.edu.cn.

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Abstract

Pretraining on a large number of unlabeled 3D molecules has showcased superiority in various scientific applications. However, prior efforts typically focus on pretraining models in a specific domain, missing the opportunity to leverage cross-domain knowledge. To mitigate this gap, we introduce Equivariant Pretrained Transformer, an all-atom foundation model that can be pretrained from multiple domain 3D molecules. Built upon an E(3)-equivariant transformer, the model learns both atom-level interactions and graph-level structural features (e.g. residuals in proteins), allowing it to generalize across diverse tasks. The model achieves strong gains in ligand binding affinity prediction, while also performing competitively in predicting properties of proteins and small molecules. We further show that the model can help identify potential antiviral compounds against the main protease of the COVID-19 virus, and validate promising candidates through computational and experimental studies.

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