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PoseBusters

Physics-aware eval of docking/co-folding poses — 19 checks catching chemically impossible outputs.
Composite score: 97.0

Rubric (1–5 per criterion)

rigor
5/5
coverage
4/5
maintenance
5/5
adoption
5/5
quality
5/5
accessibility
5/5
industry_relevance
5/5

Metadata

Stages
Hit ID
Modalities
small-moleculeprotein-general
Task types
pose-validation
License
BSD-3-Clause
First release
2023-08
Last updated
2025-02
Flags
none

Size & scope

Primary paper

Title
PoseBusters: AI-based docking methods fail to generate physically valid poses or generalise to novel sequences
Authors
Buttenschoen M, Morris GM, Deane CM
Year
2024
DOI / arXiv
10.1039/D3SC04185A
Citations
360

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Notes (honest caveats)

Exposed major failure modes in AlphaFold-Multimer/DiffDock/RFAA. Default pharma filter.