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Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship, Activity Prediction, and Molecular Dynamics of Non-nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors

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Predicting binding modes from free energy calculations.

Martin Nervall¹, Peter Hanspers, Jens Carlsson

¹Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Box 596, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden.

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Predicting accurate bioactive conformations for HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors is challenging. Rescoring with linear interaction method (LIE) and molecular dynamics simulations successfully identified the correct binding mode, aligning with experimental data.

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Computational Chemistry
Structural Biology
Drug Design

Background:

Accurate prediction of bioactive conformations is crucial for structure-based inhibitor design and binding free energy calculations.
Existing methods struggle to reliably determine the correct binding mode of inhibitors, particularly for complex targets like HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a computational method for predicting reliable bioactive conformations of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
To assess the performance of various scoring functions and computational techniques in distinguishing correct binding modes.

Main Methods:

Cross-docking of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors using a non-native crystal structure.
Calculation of binding free energies using multiple scoring functions.
Rescoring of docked conformations using the linear interaction method (LIE) combined with molecular dynamics simulations.

Main Results:

Initial docking produced two distinct clusters of conformations, one compatible with experimental data and another with a flipped heterocyclic group.
Standard scoring functions failed to differentiate between the correct and incorrect binding modes.
Rescoring with LIE and molecular dynamics simulations successfully separated the two clusters, predicting a binding mode consistent with crystallographic data.

Conclusions:

The linear interaction method (LIE) in combination with molecular dynamics simulations provides a robust approach for predicting bioactive conformations of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
The LIE model demonstrated the best correlation between experimental and calculated binding free energies among the tested methods, outperforming standard scoring functions.