Scientific task · Molecular interaction

Protein-ligand binding affinity

Predict or rank the strength of protein-small-molecule binding.

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ProteinSmall moleculeMolecular interaction

Definition and search aliases

Permanent ID
protein-ligand-binding-affinity
Aliases
ligand affinity, binding affinity
Deprecated aliases
None
Hierarchy
Leaf task under Molecular interaction and binding

Coverage

3 benchmark families cover this task

suitecomplete

ATOM3D

A living collection of eight curated 3D molecular-learning tasks spanning small molecules, protein interactions and mutations, ligand binding, and protein/RNA structure ranking.

Protein-ligand binding affinity
competitionpartial

CASP

Biennial blind community experiments that assess macromolecular structure, complex, ligand, and model-accuracy prediction against experimental structures withheld during prediction.

Protein-ligand binding affinity
trackcomplete

CASP Protein-Ligand Prediction

Formal CASP track for blind prediction of protein-ligand binding poses, binding affinity or rank, binding pockets, and pose confidence.

Protein-ligand binding affinity
suitepartial

MoleculeNet

The original molecular-machine-learning benchmark of 17 dataset collections and more than 800 prediction endpoints spanning quantum, physicochemical, biophysical, and physiological properties.

Protein-ligand binding affinity

Evidence-backed count claims

Each row keeps its original unit and basis. Rows with different units or overlapping mappings are never added.

BenchmarkMapped taskCoverageCountVersionEvidence
ATOM3D
root: atom3d
Protein-ligand binding affinity
official-track · high
explicitly-in-scope1 tasks
Curated 3D benchmark datasets.
v0.2.6
as of 2026-07-22
atom3d-paper-definition-evidence
CASP
root: casp
Protein-ligand binding affinity
official-track · high
explicitly-in-scopeNot reported
CASP17 protein-ligand targets.
CASP17
as of 2026-07-21
casp-evidence-casp17-protocol
CASP Protein-Ligand Prediction
root: casp
Protein-ligand binding affinity
official-track · high
explicitly-in-scopeNot reported
CASP17 protein-ligand targets.
CASP17
as of 2026-07-21
casp-ligand-evidence-casp17
MoleculeNet
root: moleculenet
Protein-ligand binding affinity
official-taxonomy · high
explicitly-in-scope1 other
Original paper dataset collections.
original-2017moleculenet-paper-definition-evidence

Official evaluations connected to these benchmarks

Runs are included only for benchmark records mapped here (and formal child tracks when a mapped suite is the root). A task mapping does not imply that every run isolates this task.

WorkProvider / classRelated runs
ATOM3D: Tasks On Molecules in Three DimensionsStanford University
benchmark_creator
atom3d-creator-full
Assessment of Pharmaceutical Protein-Ligand Pose and Affinity Predictions in CASP16University of California San Diego, University of Basel, University of California Davis
benchmark_creator
casp16-ligand-affinity-stage1
casp16-ligand-affinity-stage2
casp16-ligand-pose-regular
CASP16 Protein Monomer Structure Prediction AssessmentUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of California Davis
benchmark_creator
casp16-monomer-regular-official
Assessment of Protein Complex Predictions in CASP16: Are We Making Progress?University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of California Davis, Stanford University
benchmark_creator
casp16-multimer-phase1-regular
MoleculeNet: a benchmark for molecular machine learningStanford University, DeepChem
benchmark_creator
moleculenet-creator-full