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  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Drug Discovery

Background:

  • Macrocyclization stabilizes bioactive conformations, enhancing drug potency.
  • Synthesis challenges limit traditional screening of macrocyclic compounds.
  • Computational methods offer high-throughput screening for macrocycle design.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a computational method for assessing macrocycle conformational similarity to known active linear compounds.
  • To enable rapid screening and prioritization of macrocyclic drug candidates.
  • To leverage the correlation between conformational propensity and binding affinity.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of a method using an RMSD-based structural descriptor.
  • Application of a Boltzmann-weighted propensity calculation.
  • Retrospective analysis on three macrocycle linker optimization projects.

Main Results:

  • The developed method successfully prioritized more potent macrocyclic compounds.
  • The approach demonstrated effectiveness in differentiating compounds based on conformational adoption.
  • Retrospective application validated the method's predictive capabilities.

Conclusions:

  • The computational method serves as a fast screening tool for macrocycle design.
  • It effectively prioritizes compounds by evaluating their propensity to adopt bioactive conformations.
  • This strategy aids in overcoming synthesis limitations in macrocyclic drug discovery.