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Use caseProteins and complexesResearch only

Choose structural hypotheses to guide experiments

Which predicted interfaces or structures are reliable enough to guide my next experiment?

What the evidence shows

Two new comparisons join the existing docking and FoldBench evidence, both on antibody complexes, and neither ties a prediction to an experiment's outcome.

Fromm et al. 2026 generated 200 AlphaFold3 models for each of 110 antibody-antigen complexes deposited after the training cutoff, then asked which model each confidence score picks. Every score a user can compute picked models of about the same quality: mean DockQ 0.375 for ranking confidence, 0.370 for ipTM, 0.369 for pTM, 0.353 for ipSAE and 0.352 for pDockQ2, while the best of the 200 models averaged 0.544. The per-target correlation between score and accuracy stayed at or below 0.247, so within one target the confidence ranking carried little information.

Smorodina et al. 2026, a bioRxiv preprint that has not been peer reviewed, ran AlphaFold3, Boltz-2, Boltz-1 and Chai-1 on 106 nanobody-antigen complexes. Sampling raised the best available model for every tool, with median best DockQ rising from 0.24 to 0.68 for AlphaFold3 and from 0.57 to 0.80 for Boltz-2 between 1 and 100 samples, though picking that best sample needs the experimental structure. Confidence tracked accuracy unevenly: the correlation between ipTM and best-sample DockQ was 0.736 for AlphaFold3, 0.665 for Boltz-2 and 0.612 for Chai-1, with 18% of Boltz-2 predictions confident but wrong and 24% of Chai-1 predictions accurate but unconfident.

Pairing every nanobody with every antigen showed that confidence does not indicate that an interaction exists at all: average precision for ranking the real pairings above shuffled ones was 0.187 for AlphaFold3, 0.067 for Chai-1 and 0.026 for Boltz-2, against a baseline of about 0.011. The preprint's nanobody set mixes systems inside and outside each tool's training data, and its non-cognate pairings are assumed not to bind rather than tested. A high confidence score is a statement about a predicted structure, not evidence that two molecules interact.

You bring
  • Protein sequences, partner identities and the intended assembly
  • Available experimental structures or templates with release dates
  • A defined experimental choice and testing budget
  • Relevant biochemical conditions and alternative conformations
You want
Structural hypotheses with confidence and coverage estimates, linked to proposed mutations or constructs and tests of their reliability.
Evidence in this release
9 comparisons shown · 2 held for review · 10 tools · 21 configurations
Kept up to date
Evidence last checked 9 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 9 November 2026

Baseline

AutoDock Vina and ClusPro docking. AutoDock Vina for ligands and ClusPro rigid-body docking for protein pairs are the established physics-based docking tools that co-folding models are compared with. Both sample poses and rank them with energy-based scoring functions; Vina's few scoring weights were fitted to PDBbind, but neither is a learned structure model.

Machine-learning methods are compared with the baseline on the same data in one table: Lipid-protein pose predictions. Baseline rows are marked in each table.

Tools compared

Comparisons

Each table is one study or protocol with its own truth set and scoring. Compare tools within a table, not across tables.

FoldBench protein-protein published full-set assessment

Proxy evidenceAuthor-reported

Task-specific top-ranked structure accuracy and success metrics.

Sorted by CAPRI interface RMSD (lower is better). The best value in each column is highlighted.

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ToolCAPRI interface RMSDCAPRI ligand RMSDFoldBench success ratelDDT
AlphaFold 3 — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model5.49 Å (best in column)12.78 Å (best in column)72.93% (best in column)0.84 (best in column)
Boltz-1 — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model6.63 Å16.16 Å68.25%0.76
Chai-1 — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model6.68 Å15.23 Å68.53%0.80
HelixFold 3 — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model7.14 Å16.46 Å66.27%0.78
Protenix — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model7.22 Å17.49 Å68.18%0.81
Caveats and method
  • Scored target populations differ; Table 1 assessable counts are retained as coverage context, not verified metric denominators. Some Table 3 rates do not reconcile with integer counts after rounding. No complete-cohort estimate is inferred.
  • No intervals in Table 3; no prospective experimental utility or matched conventional mutation/construct baseline.
  • Automated source review only; independent human scientific review remains outstanding.

Protocol: FoldBench protein-protein published full-set assessment

Lipid-protein pose predictions

Proxy evidenceIndependent study

Ligand RMSD under 2a rate (higher is better), with the other metrics below each value. The best value in each column is highlighted.

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ToolLipid poses on 36 post-cutoff complexes (LiPP)Lipid poses on 36 post-cutoff complexes (LiPP)
AlphaFold 3foundation model47.2% {30.4–64.5} (best in column)Not reportedSuccess rate 25.0% {12.1–42.2}
Chai-1foundation model36.1% {20.8–53.7}Not reportedSuccess rate 16.6% {6.3–32.8}
AutoDock VinaBaselineconventional30.5% {16.3–48.1}Not reportedSuccess rate 30.5% {16.3–48.1}
DiffDock-Lmachine learning30.5% {16.3–48.1}Not reportedSuccess rate 8.3% {1.7–22.4}
RoseTTAFold AAfoundation model11.1% {3.1–26.0}Not reportedSuccess rate 2.7% {0.07–14.5}
Caveats and method

What each column measures:

  • Lipid poses on 36 post-cutoff complexes (LiPP): Share of 36 post-cutoff lipid-protein complexes whose predicted lipid pose counts as a success (lipid pose all-atom RMSD below 2 Angstrom)
  • Lipid poses on 36 post-cutoff complexes (LiPP): Share of 36 post-cutoff lipid-protein complexes whose predicted lipid pose counts as a success (RMSD below 2 Angstrom and PoseBusters valid)
  • Author-run predictions, not an independent reproduction by Rewire.
  • The PoseBusters columns in the same tables are literature values compiled by the LiPP authors and are recorded as paper_compilation.
  • Pose accuracy only; the paper's confidence-score analysis is in figures and was not extracted.
  • Several printed test-set percentages are truncated rather than rounded (for example 11 of 36 printed as 30.5); the values are kept as printed.
  • The full LiPP set and the PoseBusters columns are not linked to the use case: the full set includes complexes inside some tools' training windows, and the PoseBusters values are literature compilations on drug-like ligands.

Protocols: LiPP Table 2: lipid pose all-atom RMSD below 2 Angstrom, LiPP test set, LiPP Table 3: RMSD below 2 Angstrom and PoseBusters valid, LiPP test set

Antibody-antigen interface predictions

Proxy evidenceAuthor-reportedIndependent study

FoldBench success rate (higher is better), with the other metrics below each value. The best value in each column is highlighted.

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ToolAccuracy of five tools (FoldBench)Picking AlphaFold3 models by confidence (independent)
AlphaFold 3 — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model47.90% (best in column)CAPRI interface RMSD 7.40 ÅlDDT 0.88CAPRI ligand RMSD 24.54 ÅNot reported
Protenix — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model34.13%CAPRI interface RMSD 8.91 ÅlDDT 0.85CAPRI ligand RMSD 30.41 ÅNot reported
Boltz-1 — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model33.54%CAPRI interface RMSD 8.80 ÅlDDT 0.84CAPRI ligand RMSD 30.70 ÅNot reported
HelixFold 3 — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model28.40%CAPRI interface RMSD 9.97 ÅlDDT 0.84CAPRI ligand RMSD 33.02 ÅNot reported
Chai-1 — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model23.64%CAPRI interface RMSD 10.48 ÅlDDT 0.85CAPRI ligand RMSD 33.44 ÅNot reported
ipSAEfoundation modelNot reportedNot reportedDockQ 0.353Spearman (score against DockQ over all models of all targets) 0.750Spearman (mean over targets of the per-target correlation of score against DockQ) 0.247
ipTMfoundation modelNot reportedNot reportedDockQ 0.370Spearman (score against DockQ over all models of all targets) 0.707Spearman (mean over targets of the per-target correlation of score against DockQ) 0.220
pDockQ2foundation modelNot reportedNot reportedDockQ 0.352Spearman (score against DockQ over all models of all targets) 0.603Spearman (mean over targets of the per-target correlation of score against DockQ) 0.184
pTMfoundation modelNot reportedNot reportedDockQ 0.369Spearman (score against DockQ over all models of all targets) 0.670Spearman (mean over targets of the per-target correlation of score against DockQ) 0.200
RankConffoundation modelNot reportedNot reportedDockQ 0.375Spearman (score against DockQ over all models of all targets) 0.799Spearman (mean over targets of the per-target correlation of score against DockQ) 0.214
Caveats and method

What each column measures:

  • Accuracy of five tools (FoldBench): FoldBench success rate, LDDT, interface RMSD and ligand RMSD for AlphaFold 3, Boltz-1, Chai-1, HelixFold 3 and Protenix on antibody-antigen targets with low homology to earlier PDB entries
  • Picking AlphaFold3 models by confidence (independent): Mean DockQ of the AlphaFold3 model picked by each of five scores a user can compute (ipTM, pTM, ranking confidence, pDockQ2 and ipSAE) among 200 models per target, and Spearman correlation with DockQ over all models and per target, on 110 antibody-antigen complexes released after the training cutoff
  • Benchmark authors ran all five tools; per-tool assessable counts differ, so the scored populations are not matched.
  • Structural success against the deposited complex, not binding, affinity or the outcome of an experiment.
  • No uncertainty is printed.
  • Antibody-antigen targets only.
  • The mapped evaluations are stored records reviewed in an earlier batch; this review checked their status, their links and their fit, not their values against FoldBench.
  • Antibody-antigen complexes only; results do not transfer to other complex classes.
  • Structural accuracy against the deposited complex, not binding, affinity or the outcome of an experiment.
  • Only AlphaFold3 models are ranked in Table 1; the source does not print the same table for AlphaFold2.3, Boltz-1 or Chai-1.
  • Table 1 does not state the number of models ranked per target. Its DockQ row (0.544) matches the best-of-200 value given in the text (0.54), so the table is read as selection among all 200 models; this is an inference.
  • The DockQ, aeTM, aeiTM and aeRankConf rows use the experimental structure, so they are upper bounds, not usable selection rules.
  • Figure 6 and the text give a per-target ranking-confidence correlation of 0.28, while Table 1 prints 0.214 for RankConf under a Spearman caption; the figure's correlation type is not stated.
  • The four oracle rows of Table 1 (DockQ, aeTM, aeiTM, aeRankConf) are excluded: each needs the experimental structure, so none is a rule a user could apply. The gap between the best achievable pick and the best computable score is kept as a descriptive claim.
  • Section 3.5 gives the mean per-target correlation for ranking confidence as 0.28 while Table 1 prints 0.214; the stored value is the table's and carries the conflict as a source warning.

Protocols: FoldBench antibody-antigen published full-set assessment, Picking the top AlphaFold3 model per antibody-antigen target with a confidence score

Protein-ligand pose predictions

Proxy evidenceAuthor-reported

FoldBench success rate, LDDT-LP and LDDT-PLI for AlphaFold 3, Boltz-1, Chai-1, HelixFold 3 and Protenix on protein-ligand targets with low homology to earlier PDB entries

FoldBench success rate (higher is better), with the other metrics below each value. The best value in each column is highlighted.

ToolPose accuracy of five tools (FoldBench)
AlphaFold 3 — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model64.90% (best in column)lDDT-LP 0.91lDDT-PLI 0.77
Boltz-1 — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model55.04%lDDT-LP 0.89lDDT-PLI 0.71
HelixFold 3 — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model51.82%lDDT-LP 0.89lDDT-PLI 0.69
Chai-1 — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model51.23%lDDT-LP 0.89lDDT-PLI 0.70
Protenix — FoldBench published inferencefoundation model50.70%lDDT-LP 0.89lDDT-PLI 0.70
Caveats and method
  • Benchmark authors ran all five tools; per-tool assessable counts differ, so the scored populations are not matched.
  • Structural success against the deposited complex, not binding, affinity or the outcome of an experiment.
  • No uncertainty is printed.
  • Protein-ligand targets only.
  • The mapped evaluations are stored records reviewed in an earlier batch; this review checked their status, their links and their fit, not their values against FoldBench.

Protocol: FoldBench protein-ligand published full-set assessment

Nanobody-antigen interface predictions (preprint)

Proxy evidenceIndependent study

DockQ (higher is better), with the other metrics below each value. The best value in each column is highlighted.

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ToolBest of N samplesConfidence against accuracyConfidence as evidence of binding
Boltz-2foundation model0.57 (best in column)1 samplesDockQ 0.80Not reportedPearson (ipTM against DockQ for the best-DockQ sample of each complex) 0.665Pearson (change in ipTM against change in DockQ under saturation sampling) -0.040Proportion (share of predictions with ipTM at least 0.5 and DockQ below 0.23 (confident failures, Q2)) 18%Pearson (ipTM against DockQ for the first sample (sample0) of each complex) 0.493Not reportedAverage precision 0.026
AF3foundation model0.241 samplesDockQ 0.68Not reportedPearson (ipTM against DockQ for the best-DockQ sample of each complex) 0.736Pearson (change in ipTM against change in DockQ under saturation sampling) -0.027Proportion (at least 0.5 and DockQ below 0.23 (confident failures, Q2)) 2%Proportion (below 0.5 and DockQ at least 0.23 (unconfident successes, Q4)) 28%Pearson (ipTM against DockQ for the first sample (sample0) of each complex) 0.888Not reportedAverage precision 0.187
Boltz-1foundation model0.061 samplesDockQ 0.26Not reportedNot reported
Chai-1foundation model0.041 samplesDockQ 0.19Not reportedPearson (ipTM against DockQ for the best-DockQ sample of each complex) 0.612Pearson (change in ipTM against change in DockQ under saturation sampling) -0.019Proportion (share of predictions with ipTM below 0.5 and DockQ at least 0.23 (unconfident successes, Q4)) 24%Not reportedAverage precision 0.067
Caveats and method

What each column measures:

  • Best of N samples: Median best DockQ among 1 and among 100 samples for AlphaFold3, Boltz-2, Boltz-1 and Chai-1 on 106 nanobody-antigen complexes
  • Confidence against accuracy: Pearson correlation of ipTM with DockQ, share of confident failures and unconfident successes, and correlation of ipTM change with DockQ change under sampling, for AlphaFold3, Boltz-2 and Chai-1 on 106 nanobody-antigen complexes
  • Confidence as evidence of binding: Average precision for ranking cognate above shuffled nanobody-antigen pairings by ipTM, for AlphaFold3, Chai-1 and Boltz-2, against a random baseline of about 0.011
  • Best-of-N DockQ needs the experimental structure to pick the best sample, so it is an upper bound on what a user could select.
  • Each sampling depth is a separate run with its own seed (seeds 1 to 5 for N = 1, 10, 25, 50 and 100), unlike the single 50-sample runs of the other protocols.
  • For Chai-1 the smallest depth is 5 samples (5 trunk samples x 1 diffusion sample), so its N = 1 value is the best of 5.
  • Boltz-1 appears only in this analysis.
  • Nanobody (VHH)-antigen complexes only; results do not transfer to conventional antibodies or other complex classes.
  • The set mixes systems inside and outside each tool's training data (AF3 30 of 106 in training, Chai-1 25, Boltz-2 64); the printed values are over all systems, so they are not post-cutoff results, and Boltz-2's are the most exposed.
  • Preprint, not peer reviewed. Supplementary tables were not read.
  • No uncertainty is printed for these values.
  • The dataset paragraph (P62) says post-October 2021 depositions were kept, 'corresponding to the earliest training cutoff among the evaluated tools (Boltz-2)'. The methods (P76) give Chai-1 about 12 January 2021, AF3 about 30 September 2021 and Boltz-2 about 1 June 2023, so Chai-1 is the earliest and Boltz-2 the latest, and the October 2021 date matches AF3. The per-tool train and test counts follow the methods, and no printed value depends on the mis-stated sentence.
  • Preprint, not peer reviewed.
  • Calibration is computed on cognate complexes only; it says nothing about whether ipTM separates binders from non-binders.
  • Quadrant thresholds (DockQ 0.23, ipTM 0.5) are the source's choice, and the text does not say which sample (best, first or worst) the quadrant shares refer to.
  • Not every tool has every value printed in the text.
  • Negatives are shuffled pairings assumed to be non-binders; none was tested, and some may bind.
  • Ranks pairings by ipTM; it measures whether confidence separates observed from assumed-absent interactions, not structural accuracy.

Protocols: Best DockQ against sampling depth on cognate nanobody-antigen complexes, How well ipTM tracks DockQ on cognate nanobody-antigen complexes, Telling cognate from shuffled nanobody-antigen pairs by ipTM

ClusPro BM5 Others top10

Proxy evidenceAuthor-reported

At least one DockQ≥0.23 docking pose in the top10 cluster centers for others BM5 complexes

Single reported result.

ClusPro BM5 Table1 othersBaselineconventional

CAPRI acceptable targets (all targets)
27
CAPRI acceptable targets (by difficulty category)
3
CAPRI high-quality targets (by difficulty category)
0
CAPRI medium targets (difficult (flexible) targets; top 10 models; medium (**) as printed, overlap with high not stated)
1
CAPRI medium targets (easy (rigid-body) targets; top 10 models; medium (**) as printed, overlap with high not stated)
5
CAPRI medium targets (intermediate targets; top 10 models; medium (**) as printed, overlap with high not stated)
2
CAPRI top-10 success rate
26.73%
Caveats and method
  • Cannot compare numerical differences directly to FoldBench because datasets, structures and protocols differ.
  • A successful docking pose does not establish binding, affinity, mechanism or cellular interaction.
  • One of102 others targets was unevaluable; scores use101.
  • No model execution or human domain review; exact software revision unextracted.

Protocol: ClusPro BM5 Others top10

ClusPro BM5 Enzyme top30

Proxy evidenceAuthor-reported

At least one DockQ≥0.23 docking pose in the top30 cluster centers for enzyme BM5 complexes

Single reported result.

ClusPro BM5 Table1 enzyme-balancedBaselineconventional

CAPRI acceptable targets (all targets)
59
CAPRI acceptable targets (by difficulty category)
4
CAPRI high-quality targets (by difficulty category)
0
CAPRI medium targets (difficult (flexible) targets; top 30 models; medium (**) as printed, overlap with high not stated)
2
CAPRI medium targets (easy (rigid-body) targets; top 30 models; medium (**) as printed, overlap with high not stated)
21
CAPRI medium targets (intermediate targets; top 30 models; medium (**) as printed, overlap with high not stated)
2
CAPRI top-30 success rate
67.04%
Caveats and method
  • Cannot compare numerical differences directly to FoldBench because datasets, structures and protocols differ.
  • A successful docking pose does not establish binding, affinity, mechanism or cellular interaction.
  • All88 enzyme targets evaluated.
  • No model execution or human domain review; exact software revision unextracted.

Protocol: ClusPro BM5 Enzyme top30

ClusPro BM5 Enzyme top10

Proxy evidenceAuthor-reported

At least one DockQ≥0.23 docking pose in the top10 cluster centers for enzyme BM5 complexes

Single reported result.

ClusPro BM5 Table1 enzyme-balancedBaselineconventional

CAPRI acceptable targets (all targets)
51
CAPRI acceptable targets (by difficulty category)
3
CAPRI high-quality targets (by difficulty category)
0
CAPRI medium targets (difficult (flexible) targets; top 10 models; medium (**) as printed, overlap with high not stated)
1
CAPRI medium targets (easy (rigid-body) targets; top 10 models; medium (**) as printed, overlap with high not stated)
18
CAPRI medium targets (intermediate targets; top 10 models; medium (**) as printed, overlap with high not stated)
2
CAPRI top-10 success rate
57.95%
Caveats and method
  • Cannot compare numerical differences directly to FoldBench because datasets, structures and protocols differ.
  • A successful docking pose does not establish binding, affinity, mechanism or cellular interaction.
  • All88 enzyme targets evaluated.
  • No model execution or human domain review; exact software revision unextracted.

Protocol: ClusPro BM5 Enzyme top10

ClusPro BM5 Others top30

Proxy evidenceAuthor-reported

At least one DockQ≥0.23 docking pose in the top30 cluster centers for others BM5 complexes

Single reported result.

ClusPro BM5 Table1 othersBaselineconventional

CAPRI acceptable targets (all targets)
36
CAPRI acceptable targets (by difficulty category)
5
CAPRI high-quality targets (by difficulty category)
0
CAPRI medium targets (difficult (flexible) targets; top 30 models; medium (**) as printed, overlap with high not stated)
1
CAPRI medium targets (easy (rigid-body) targets; top 30 models; medium (**) as printed, overlap with high not stated)
5
CAPRI medium targets (intermediate targets; top 30 models; medium (**) as printed, overlap with high not stated)
2
CAPRI top-30 success rate
35.64%
Caveats and method
  • Cannot compare numerical differences directly to FoldBench because datasets, structures and protocols differ.
  • A successful docking pose does not establish binding, affinity, mechanism or cellular interaction.
  • One of102 others targets was unevaluable; scores use101.
  • No model execution or human domain review; exact software revision unextracted.

Protocol: ClusPro BM5 Others top30

Held for review

Recorded but not shown as evidence until the reason below is resolved.

Protein-protein interface predictions (DockQ classes on 994 post-2021 dimers (Mahtha et al. 2026))

Not shown: the source's experimental-method, template-quality and row-total cells conflict with its own text in places, recorded as evidence concerns on the source. This judgement uses only the 'No.' column, which agrees with the text, but a source with evidence concerns withholds every judgement that cites it until the concerns are resolved.

Monomer structure predictions (Predictive classes on 1666 post-2021 monomers (Mahtha et al. 2026))

Not shown: the source's experimental-method, template-quality and row-total cells conflict with its own text in places, recorded as evidence concerns on the source. This judgement uses only the 'No.' column, which agrees with the text, but a source with evidence concerns withholds every judgement that cites it until the concerns are resolved.

Not covered yet

  • Automated source review only; independent human scientific review remains outstanding.
  • No intervals in Table 3; no prospective experimental utility or matched conventional mutation/construct baseline.
  • Scored target populations differ; Table 1 assessable counts are retained as coverage context, not verified metric denominators. Some Table 3 rates do not reconcile with integer counts after rounding. No complete-cohort estimate is inferred.
  • ClusPro uses component 3D structures and BM5 targets, so scores cannot be directly compared with FoldBench; BM4 parameter benchmarking limits holdout independence. Exact ClusPro revision and input hashes remain unextracted.
  • ClusPro Total/easy/top10 source prints 87 although subtotals and 51.68% imply 77; literal 87 is retained as needs_review outside use-case mappings. Antibody and aggregate classes are not mapped to this issue.
  • Confidence selection is tested only for AlphaFold3 on antibody-antigen complexes (Fromm et al. 2026); no equivalent table was found for Boltz, Chai-1, protein-protein or protein-ligand complexes.
  • The nanobody evidence is a preprint that has not been peer reviewed, pools systems inside and outside each tool's training data, and defines its negatives as untested shuffled pairings.
  • No linked comparison reports uncertainty intervals for per-tool values.
  • No linked comparison connects a predicted structure or confidence score to the outcome of an experiment.
  • No machine-learning method has been compared with ClusPro docking on the same protein-protein data in the linked evidence.

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Question, sources and review

Who this is for, setting and exclusions

Choose structural hypotheses and associated mutations or constructs for experimental testing.

Who this is for
  • Structural biologists
  • Researchers selecting interface mutations or protein constructs
Biological setting
Research planning within a bounded class of protein complexes. Monomers, antibody complexes and ligand complexes require separate comparison protocols.
Research setting
Research only. Structural hypotheses do not establish therapeutic efficacy or clinical suitability.

Outside this use case

  • Structural accuracy alone does not establish that a proposed experiment will succeed.
  • High confidence does not prove interaction existence, affinity or function.
  • Results from one complex class do not establish performance in another.
  • Confidence scores do not separate real from non-cognate pairings: on nanobody-antigen complexes the best average precision was 0.187 against a 0.011 baseline, so a confident model is not evidence that the interaction exists.
Evidence collection plan
Evidence collection planCollecting evidence

Already on record: 9 comparisons shown · 2 held for review · 10 tools, in the evaluated evidence above. The status above describes only the specific comparison in this plan, which remains open; it does not mean no evidence has been collected. The plan defines a comparison to investigate; it does not establish model performance or suitability.

Comparison question

Do model-derived structural hypotheses improve experimental choices over appropriate conventional strategies at the same testing budget?

Baselines, outcomes and validation requirements

Baselines to include

  • Suitable template modelling or docking for the specified complex class
  • Conventional mutation or construct selection for experimental-utility comparisons

Outcomes to measure

  • Task-specific contact or pose accuracy and prediction failures as intermediate evidence
  • Confidence calibration and coverage
  • Independent interface-mutation or construct success where measured

Validation requirements

  • Define the experimental choice and compatible complex class before selecting metrics.
  • Audit sequence, template, ligand and structure-deposition overlap with training data.
  • Include failed predictions and relevant alternative conformations.
  • Keep structural accuracy, interaction existence, affinity, function and experimental utility distinct.

Next collection task

Close the remaining endpoint, independence and comparator gaps documented in the 30 September 2026 audit and linked article issue; obtain qualified scientific review.

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