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ArticleJournal of cheminformatics2026

Improving protein-ligand complex generation with force field guidance.

Helen Lai, Tingyu Wang, Hassan Sirelkhatim, Joe Eaton, Howard Huang, Brad Rees, Ola Engkvist, Jon Paul Janet, Xiaoyun Wang, Alessandro Tibo

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  1. PockLigGPT: Pocket-Sequence-Conditioned Molecular Generation with GPTs and RL.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2026
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Helen LaiMolecular AI, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK.
Tingyu WangNVIDIA, Santa Clara, CA, US.
Hassan SirelkhatimNVIDIA, Santa Clara, CA, US.
Joe EatonNVIDIA, Santa Clara, CA, US.
Howard HuangNVIDIA, Santa Clara, CA, US.
Brad ReesNVIDIA, Santa Clara, CA, US.
Ola EngkvistMolecular AI, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Jon Paul JanetMolecular AI, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Xiaoyun WangNVIDIA, Santa Clara, CA, US.
Alessandro TiboMolecular AI, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden. alessandro.tibo@astrazeneca.com.

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Abstract

Generative models based on diffusion and flow matching have recently been applied to structure-based drug design, but their outputs often include unrealistic protein-ligand interactions that do not obey the laws of physics. We present an energy guidance framework that incorporates a molecular mechanics force field (MMFF94) directly into the sampling process. The method steers molecular generation toward more physically plausible and energetically stable conformations without retraining the underlying model. We evaluate this approach using two state-of-the-art architectures, SemlaFlow, a flow matching model and EDM, a diffusion model, on the PDBBind dataset. Across both models, energy guidance improves enthalpic interaction energy, improves strain energy by up to 75

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ChemoinformaticsDiffusion modelsFlow matchingForce fieldsGuidanceProtein–ligand generationStructure-based drug design

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PMCPMC13137607

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