Diffusion-based generative model for protein backbone structure
Protein structure generation via folding diffusion
We present a new diffusion-based model that unconditionally designs protein backbone structures via a procedure that mirrors the native folding process.
We describe protein backbone structure as a series of consecutive angles capturing the relative orientation of the amino acid residues, and generate new structures by denoising from a random, unfolded state towards a stable folded structure.
The inherent shift and rotational invariance of this representation crucially alleviates the need for complex equivariant networks.
Authors
Kevin E. Wu, Kevin K. Yang, Rianne van den Berg, James Y. Zou, Alex X. Lu, Ava P. Amini