Abstract：
:Computational protein binding affinity prediction can play an important role in drug research but performing efficient and accurate binding free energy calculations is still challenging. In the context of phase 2 of the Drug Design Data Resource (D3R) Grand Challenge 2 we used our automated eTOX ALLIES approach to apply the (iterative) linear interaction energy (LIE) method and we evaluated its performance in predicting binding affinities for farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonists. Efficiency was obtained by our pre-calibrated LIE models and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations at the nanosecond scale, while predictive accuracy was obtained for a small subset of compounds. Using our recently introduced reliability estimation metrics, we could classify predictions with higher confidence by featuring an applicability domain (AD) analysis in combination with protein-ligand interaction profiling. The outcomes of and agreement between our AD and interaction-profile analyses to distinguish and rationalize the performance of our predictions highlighted the relevance of sufficiently exploring protein-ligand interactions during training and it demonstrated the possibility to quantitatively and efficiently evaluate if this is achieved by using simulation data only.
journal_name
J Comput Aided Mol Desjournal_title
Journal of computer-aided molecular designauthors
Rifai EA,van Dijk M,Vermeulen NPE,Geerke DPdoi
10.1007/s10822-017-0055-0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-01-01 00:00:00pages
239-249issue
1eissn
0920-654Xissn
1573-4951pii
10.1007/s10822-017-0055-0journal_volume
32pub_type
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