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Viet-Khoa Tran-Nguyen¹, Muhammad Junaid¹, Saw Simeon¹

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This study presents a protocol for building and evaluating target-specific machine learning scoring functions (SFs) for structure-based virtual screening (SBVS). This approach enhances the discovery of active molecules for therapeutic targets.

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Area of Science:

Computational Chemistry
Drug Discovery
Bioinformatics

Background:

Structure-based virtual screening (SBVS) employs docking to identify active molecules for therapeutic targets.
The availability of large chemical and protein datasets with bioactivity information has grown significantly.
Machine learning (ML), including deep learning, effectively utilizes these datasets to develop scoring functions (SFs) for SBVS.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a comprehensive and user-friendly protocol for building and evaluating target-specific ML-based SFs for SBVS.
To provide practical guidance on data augmentation, algorithm selection, and SF optimization for enhanced SBVS performance.
To facilitate the discovery of molecules with a higher likelihood of activity against specific targets.

Main Methods:

The protocol involves four key steps: evaluating generic SFs on public benchmarks, preparing target-specific experimental data, partitioning data for ML modeling, and generating/evaluating target-specific ML SFs.
Utilizes public repositories for data acquisition and prepares training and testing datasets for ML modeling.
Employs accessible software (Smina, CNN-Score, RF-Score-VS, DeepCoy) and web resources for SF generation and evaluation.

Main Results:

The protocol is demonstrated using three example targets: acetylcholinesterase, HMG-CoA reductase, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α.
All necessary code and data are publicly available, enabling reproducibility and application.
The process can be executed on a single computer within one week, highlighting its efficiency.

Conclusions:

Target-specific ML-based SFs represent the state-of-the-art for SBVS, often outperforming generic methods.
The presented protocol offers practical guidance for optimizing SBVS by enhancing training data and selecting appropriate ML algorithms.
Successful implementation of this protocol can significantly improve the efficiency and success rate of discovering novel therapeutic agents.