Transformers show much promise for applications in computational biology, but they rely on sequences, and a challenge is to incorporate 3D structural information. TopoFormer, proposed by Dong Chen et al., combines transformers with a mathematical multiscale topology technique to model 3D protein–ligand complexes, substantially enhancing performance in a range of prediction tasks of interest to drug discovery.
- Dong Chen
- Jian Liu
- Guo-Wei Wei