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52 changes: 52 additions & 0 deletions .github/workflows/NB_CI.yaml
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name: CI

on:
push:
branches:
- main
pull_request:
branches:
- main
schedule:
- cron: '30 5 * * 1'
workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
test:
name: Test on ${{ matrix.os }}, Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
strategy:
fail-fast: false
matrix:
os: [macOS-latest, ubuntu-latest]
python-version: ["3.12"]

steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4

- name: Additional info about the build
shell: bash
run: |
uname -a
df -h
ulimit -a

- uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
with:
environment-file: environment.yaml
environment-name: oadmet_pxr_tutorial
condarc: |
channels:
- conda-forge
create-args: >-
python=${{ matrix.python-version }}

- name: Install notebook test dependencies
shell: bash -l {0}
run: |
python -m pip install nbmake pytest-xdist

- name: Run notebook tests
shell: bash -l {0}
run: |
pytest -n=auto --nbmake --nbmake-timeout=1200 --maxfail=0 --disable-warnings notebooks/
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87 changes: 86 additions & 1 deletion README.md
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# PXR-Challenge-Tutorial
Tutorial for the OpenADMET-PXR blind challenge
[![Logo](https://img.shields.io/badge/OSMF-OpenADMET-%23002f4a)](https://openadmet.org/)

This repo provides a guide and example workflows to participate in the [**OpenADMET - PXR Blind Challenge**](https://huggingface.co/spaces/openadmet/pxr-challenge).

Following the success of our previous ExpansionRx challenge, this new community-driven initiative focuses on benchmarking models for predicting **PXR (Pregnane X Receptor) induction**. Evaluating PXR liabilities is a fundamental pillar of a late-stage ADMET cascade. PXR is a notoriously difficult "anti-target" to model due to its unusually large and flexible binding pocket, making it a perfect test case for evaluating model generalization in real-world drug discovery.

We provide dedicated starter notebooks for each track to help you build your baseline models and format your submissions:

* [**Activity Track Tutorial**](./notebooks/activity_prediction.ipynb): Guide for training regression models on pEC50 data.
* [**Structure Track Tutorial**](./notebooks/structure_prediction.ipynb): Guide for structural modeling and docking-based approaches.

We have a dedicated [Discord server](https://discord.gg/4mERqNsQh7) for Q&A, discussion, and support during the challenge. Our evaluation logic is also open source and available on in this repo. We welcome feedback and community discussion on all aspects the challenge!

---

## 📦 Dataset

### The Activity Dataset

Available on [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/datasets/openadmet/openadmet-expansionrx-challenge-train-data)
Includes SMILES and ADMET measurements for a series of molecules.

At Octant, OpenADMET has generated a PXR induction dataset of more than 11,000 compounds using a low-cost, high-fidelity in-house assay. Compounds were sourced primarily from two Enamine libraries (Discovery Diversity 10 set and FDA Approved Drugs set) along with subsequent orders of follow-on compounds, and profiled through a rigorous multi-step assay flow reminiscent of an on-target drug discovery program.

The dataset was built through the following stages:

- Primary Screen: 11,362 diverse compounds screened at a single concentration.
- Dose-Response: 4,779 compounds selected for an 8-concentration dose-response (with extensive counter-screening in a PXR-null cell line to evaluate specificity).
- Refinement: 114 compounds showed EC50 ≤ 1 µM (pEC50 ≥ 6).
- Counter-Screen: 63 compounds selected based on minimal activity in a PXR-null cell line to confirm on-target specificity.
- Analog Expansion Set: Similarity searches (ECFP4 Tanimoto > 0.4) of these 63 actives yielded the 513-compound test set, ordered from the Enamine US on-demand catalog and fully assayed with dose-response curves.

This design mimics a lead optimization scenario, shifting from broad hit-finding to detailed exploration of Structure-Activity Relationships (SAR). The analog set contains detailed SAR and activity cliffs that should prove challenging for models. Cumulatively, this represents the largest PXR activity dataset available in the literature.

### The Structure Dataset

PXR's large, flexible binding pocket is highly dynamic and capable of recognising ligands of vastly different sizes and shapes — a structural plasticity that represents a significant challenge for structure-based design methodologies.

The structure dataset comprises 110 fragment-sized small molecules for which X-ray crystal structures have been determined at UCSF (Fraser Lab) but remain blinded until the challenge concludes. Fragments were drawn from the DSI-poised library, Enamine Essential fragments library, and an in-house UCSF library. Fragments were soaked into apo crystals in the P2₁2₁2₁ crystal form at a nominal concentration of 10 mM. Data were collected at NSLS-II using the AMX and FMX beamlines. Data were reduced using Autoproc; electron density maps were analysed for fragment binding events using PanDDA. Ligands were modelled in COOT using coordinates and restraints generated by phenix.elbow, and models were refined with phenix.refine.


In addition, 68 structures from the PDB have been re-refined and will be released as part of the training data package.

Blinded — predictions must be submitted to the challenge platform. Blinded test data also available on [HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/datasets/openadmet/openadmet-expansionrx-challenge-test-data-blinded)

---

## 🧪 The Challenge Tracks
Participants can compete in either or both tracks.

1. Activity Prediction Track
Participants predict pEC50 values for the 513-compound analog set. An extensive data package will be provided for the training set, including PXR pEC50 and Emax, null-line pEC50 and Emax, and supporting raw data.

The track proceeds in two phases:

Phase 1: Predict activity for all 513 compounds. Analog Set 1 will serve as a live leaderboard during this period.
Phase 2: EC50 values for Analog Set 1 are unblinded; participants then refine predictions for the remaining Analog Set 2. There is no live leaderboard for Phase 2 — predictions are fully blinded until the deadline.
The primary evaluation metric is RAE (Relative Absolute Error) on pEC50. Extensive secondary metrics (MAE, R², Spearman ρ, Kendall's τ) and error estimation via bootstrapping will also be reported.

2. Structure Prediction Track
Participants predict the bound protein-ligand complex for each of the 110 fragment ligands, given their SMILES strings. Participants may use protein structure prediction tools or existing PDB structures.

A live leaderboard is maintained using half of the 110 structures; the remaining half are held out and only scored at the final deadline.

The primary evaluation metric is LDDT-PLI (Local Distance Difference Test for Protein-Ligand Interactions). BiSyRMSD and LDDT-LP are also reported as secondary metrics.

---

## ✅ How to Participate

1. **Register:** Create an account with Hugging Face.
2. **Download the Data:** Training and test sets are released April 1.
3. **Walk through the tutorial** via this repo
4. **Join the Community:** Get support and coordinate in the #pxr-challenge channel on our [Discord](https://discord.gg/4mERqNsQh7).
5. **Build and Refine:** Use the training data to build your models. In Phase 2, use the unblinded Analog Set 1 results to refine predictions for Analog Set 2.
6. **Submit:** Submissions open April 1 via the Submit tab on the [challenge platform](https://huggingface.co/spaces/openadmet/pxr-challenge)

---

## 📅 Key Dates

- 🗓 **Training/Test sets released**: April 1
- 📊 **Phase 1 concludes and interim Activity leaderboard**: May 25
- 👁️ **Analog Set 1 unblinded**: May 26
- ⏳ **Submission Deadline for all tracks**: July 1

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name: oadmet_pxr_tutorial
channels:
- conda-forge
- defaults
dependencies:
- python
- rdkit
- pandas
- scikit-learn
- matplotlib
- seaborn
- jupyterlab
- numpy
- lightgbm
- tqdm
- fsspec
- datasets
- scipy
- biotite
- pip:
- git+https://github.com/PatWalters/useful_rdkit_utils.git@master
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>PXR_chain_A
GLTEEQRMMIRELMDAQMKTFDTTFSHFKNFRLPGVLSSGCELPESLQAPSREEAAKWSQVRKDLCSLKVSLQLRGEDGSVWNYKPPADSGGKEIFSLLPHMADMSTYMFKGIISFAKVISYFRDLPIEDQISLLKGAAFELCQLRFNTVFNAETGTWECGRLSYCLEDTAGGFQQLLLEPMLKFHYMLKKLQLHEEEYVLMQAISLFSPDRPGVLQHRVVDQLQEQFAITLKSYIECNRPQPAHRFLFLKIMAMLTELRSINAQHTQRLLRIQDIHPFATPLMQELFGITGS
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version: 1
sequences:
- protein: {id: A, sequence: GLTEEQRMMIRELMDAQMKTFDTTFSHFKNFRLPGVLSSGCELPESLQAPSREEAAKWSQVRKDLCSLKVSLQLRGEDGSVWNYKPPADSGGKEIFSLLPHMADMSTYMFKGIISFAKVISYFRDLPIEDQISLLKGAAFELCQLRFNTVFNAETGTWECGRLSYCLEDTAGGFQQLLLEPMLKFHYMLKKLQLHEEEYVLMQAISLFSPDRPGVLQHRVVDQLQEQFAITLKSYIECNRPQPAHRFLFLKIMAMLTELRSINAQHTQRLLRIQDIHPFATPLMQELFGITGS}
- ligand: {id: B, smiles: CCC=1C=CC(=CC1)C=2N=C(N)SC2C}
properties:
- affinity: {binder: B}
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