ProteinConformers: large-scale and energetically profiled descriptions of protein conformational landscapes
Abstract
Modeling protein conformational landscapes is essential for understanding dynamics, allostery, and drug discovery, yet existing resources lack diverse conformational coverage, energetic annotations, or benchmarking standards. ProteinConformers (https://zhanggroup.org/ProteinConformers) provides 2.7 million geometry-optimized conformations generated with a multi-seed molecular dynamics strategy, paired with 13.7 million energy evaluations and 5.5 million similarity annotations. It delivers continuous landscapes from non-native to near-native states, benchmarking framework for multi-conformation generators, and an interactive analysis platform.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Protein Structure and Dynamics
Computational Drug Discovery Methods
Machine Learning in Materials Science
Publication details
- Journal / source
- eLife
- Publisher
- eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
- Publication date
- 14 May 2026
- Document type
- Preprint