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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have emerged as promising alternatives, yet their identification or classification remains challenging due to the lack of multi-perspective information, insufficient feature representation learning, and monocular data modalities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this paper, we propose a dual diffusion model-based representation learning framework for classifying AMPs, which effectively integrates both peptide sequence and structure information to address existing issues for the task. Specifically, our approach utilizes a multi-view feature construction module, which encodes peptide sequences and structures from distinctive perspectives, deriving initial feature representations with enriched biological semantics. 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Results of comprehensive experiments demonstrate that our model outperforms existing methods for the task of AMPs classification, providing a feasible solution to accelerating the discovery of novel antimicrobial agents.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Availability of implementation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The data and source codes are available in GitHub at https:\/\/github.com\/kww567upup\/DDM.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btag077","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,11]],"date-time":"2026-02-11T12:43:50Z","timestamp":1770813830000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A dual diffusion model-based representation learning framework for antimicrobial peptides classification"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"Wen","family":"Kong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hubei Provincial 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