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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 186-193Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ci9003943
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- Spanish MEC Postdoctoral
- NIH [1-R01-GM074832]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM074832] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The use of multiple X-ray protein structures has been reported to be an efficient alternative for the representation of the binding pocket flexibility needed for accurate small molecules docking. However, the docking performance of the individual Single conformations varies widely, and adding certain conformations to an ensemble is even counterproductive. Here we used a very large and diverse benchmark of 1068 X-ray protein conformations of 99 therapeutically relevant proteins, first, to compare the performance of the ensemble and single-conformation docking and, second, to find the properties of the best-performing conformers that can be used to select a smaller set of conformers for ensemble docking. The conformer selection has been validated through retrospective virtual screening experiments aimed at separating known ligand binders from decoys. We found that the conformers cocrystallized with the largest ligands displayed high selectivity for binders, and when combined in ensembles they consistently provided better results than randomly chosen protein conformations. The use of ensembles encompassing between 3 and 5 experimental conformations consistently improved the docking accuracy and binders vs decoys separation.
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