CoV-UniBind: a unified antibody binding database for SARS-CoV-2

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Authors: Aryan Bhasin, Francesco Saccon, Callum Canavan, Andrew Robson, Joao Paulo Euko, Alexandra C. Walls, Yunguan Fu
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Abstract

Summary: , and several datasets have been curated to compile available protein structures and experimental measurements. However, existing data remain fragmented, limiting their utility for the development and validation of machine learning models for antibody-antigen interaction prediction. Here, we present CoV-UniBind, a unified database comprising over 75 000 entries of SARS-CoV-2 antibody-antigen sequence, binding, and structural data, integrated and standardized from three public sources and multiple peer-reviewed publications. To demonstrate its utility, we benchmarked multiple protein folding, inverse folding, and language models across tasks relevant to antibody design and vaccine development. We expect CoV-UniBind to facilitate future computational efforts in antibody and vaccine development against SARS-CoV-2. Availability and implementation: The curated datasets, model scores and antibody synonyms are free to download at https://huggingface.co/datasets/InstaDeepAI/cov-unibind. Folded structures are available upon request.

Fields of Study & Subjects

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Publication details

Journal / source
Bioinformatics Advances
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
vbaf328–vbaf328
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN