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Decoupling Structure and Property in Discrete Protein Diffusion: Alignment Dynamics and Collapse Mechanisms
Junqi Wu, Liyan Dong, Nuo Jia…·Hao Zhang
This paper investigates the temporal dynamics of discrete protein diffusion models, revealing a decoupling between structural alignment and property optimization, and identifies a structural collapse regime due to Coulombic repulsion.
DOI 10.64898/2026.02.05.701726