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Lead optimization mapper: automating free energy calculations for lead optimization.

Shuai Liu¹, Yujie Wu, Teng Lin

¹Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 147 Bison Modular, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.

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Lead Optimization Mapper (LOMAP) automates planning for alchemical free energy calculations in drug discovery. This algorithm efficiently maps relative free energy calculations for large ligand libraries, improving accuracy and reliability.

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Area of Science:

Computational chemistry
Drug discovery and development
Molecular modeling

Background:

Alchemical free energy calculations are valuable for drug discovery but challenging to implement.
Planning and executing these calculations for large compound libraries is a significant bottleneck.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce Lead Optimization Mapper (LOMAP), an automated algorithm for planning relative free energy calculations.
To facilitate efficient and reliable free energy calculations for substantial ligand libraries in drug discovery.

Main Methods:

Ligands are grouped by structural similarity using maximal common substructure.
Calculations are planned within and between these structurally related groups.
Emphasis on minimizing calculation chains and incorporating redundancy for error checking.

Main Results:

LOMAP provides an automated approach to plan complex free energy calculations.
The method ensures direct or short-chained relative free energy results between compounds.
Redundancy in planning allows for error checking and reliability assessment.

Conclusions:

LOMAP streamlines the application of alchemical free energy calculations in drug discovery.
The algorithm enhances the efficiency, accuracy, and reliability of computational drug design.
A Python implementation is freely available, promoting wider adoption.