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iScore: a novel graph kernel-based function for scoring protein-protein docking models.

Cunliang Geng¹, Yong Jung^2,3,4, Nicolas Renaud⁵

¹Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science - Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CH, The Netherlands.

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|June 15, 2019

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iScore is a new computational method that accurately scores protein complex structures. It combines energy, interface topology, and evolutionary data to identify correct protein-protein interactions, improving upon existing methods.

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Structural Biology
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics

Background:

Protein complexes are crucial for biological functions, and their 3D structures provide insights into interactions and cellular processes.
Experimental determination of protein complex structures is costly and time-consuming, making computational docking a valuable predictive tool.
A major challenge in computational docking is accurately scoring candidate conformations to identify near-native structures, known as the scoring problem.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce iScore, a novel computational approach for scoring docked protein complex conformations.
To evaluate the performance of iScore against state-of-the-art scoring functions using independent datasets.
To demonstrate the effectiveness of integrating evolutionary, topological, and energetic information for improved scoring.

Main Methods:

iScore combines HADDOCK energy terms with a graph-based representation of protein-protein interfaces.
It incorporates a measure of evolutionary conservation into the scoring function.
Graph kernels are applied to protein interfaces for discriminating near-native from non-native conformations.

Main Results:

iScore demonstrates competitive or superior scoring performance compared to state-of-the-art methods on both software-specific and diverse docking approaches (CAPRI score set).
On the CAPRI score set, iScore ranked among the top scoring approaches.
This study is the first to successfully use graph kernels on protein interfaces for effective discrimination of protein complex conformations.

Conclusions:

Combining evolutionary, topological, and energetic information is effective for scoring docked protein complex conformations.
iScore provides a robust and accurate method for predicting near-native structures of protein complexes.
The developed approach advances the field of computational structural biology and protein-protein interaction prediction.