EquiFlow: Equivariant Conditional Flow Matching with Optimal Transport for 3D Molecular Conformation Prediction

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Hauptverfasser: Tian, Qingwen, Xu, Yuxin, Yang, Yixuan, Wang, Zhen, Liu, Ziqi, Yan, Pengju, Li, Xiaolin
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author Tian, Qingwen
Xu, Yuxin
Yang, Yixuan
Wang, Zhen
Liu, Ziqi
Yan, Pengju
Li, Xiaolin
author_facet Tian, Qingwen
Xu, Yuxin
Yang, Yixuan
Wang, Zhen
Liu, Ziqi
Yan, Pengju
Li, Xiaolin
contents Molecular 3D conformations play a key role in determining how molecules interact with other molecules or protein surfaces. Recent deep learning advancements have improved conformation prediction, but slow training speeds and difficulties in utilizing high-degree features limit performance. We propose EquiFlow, an equivariant conditional flow matching model with optimal transport. EquiFlow uniquely applies conditional flow matching in molecular 3D conformation prediction, leveraging simulation-free training to address slow training speeds. It uses a modified Equiformer model to encode Cartesian molecular conformations along with their atomic and bond properties into higher-degree embeddings. Additionally, EquiFlow employs an ODE solver, providing faster inference speeds compared to diffusion models with SDEs. Experiments on the QM9 dataset show that EquiFlow predicts small molecule conformations more accurately than current state-of-the-art models.
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spellingShingle EquiFlow: Equivariant Conditional Flow Matching with Optimal Transport for 3D Molecular Conformation Prediction
Tian, Qingwen
Xu, Yuxin
Yang, Yixuan
Wang, Zhen
Liu, Ziqi
Yan, Pengju
Li, Xiaolin
Machine Learning
Chemical Physics
Biomolecules
Molecular 3D conformations play a key role in determining how molecules interact with other molecules or protein surfaces. Recent deep learning advancements have improved conformation prediction, but slow training speeds and difficulties in utilizing high-degree features limit performance. We propose EquiFlow, an equivariant conditional flow matching model with optimal transport. EquiFlow uniquely applies conditional flow matching in molecular 3D conformation prediction, leveraging simulation-free training to address slow training speeds. It uses a modified Equiformer model to encode Cartesian molecular conformations along with their atomic and bond properties into higher-degree embeddings. Additionally, EquiFlow employs an ODE solver, providing faster inference speeds compared to diffusion models with SDEs. Experiments on the QM9 dataset show that EquiFlow predicts small molecule conformations more accurately than current state-of-the-art models.
title EquiFlow: Equivariant Conditional Flow Matching with Optimal Transport for 3D Molecular Conformation Prediction
topic Machine Learning
Chemical Physics
Biomolecules
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11082