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Area of Science:

  • Computational Chemistry
  • Drug Discovery
  • Molecular Modeling

Background:

  • Large-scale molecular docking is crucial for identifying drug leads.
  • Growing chemical libraries increase the risk of scoring function artifacts in docking results.
  • These artifacts can lead to false positives, hindering drug discovery efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a method for identifying and deprioritizing docking artifacts.
  • To improve the accuracy of hit lists generated from large-scale virtual screening.
  • To enhance the success rate of synthesizing and testing potential drug candidates.

Main Methods:

  • Rescoring top-ranked docked molecules using orthogonal computational methods.
  • Employing implicit solvent models and absolute binding free energy perturbation as cross-filters.
  • Retrospective validation across nine targets and prospective testing against AmpC β-lactamase.

Main Results:

  • The rescoring approach successfully deprioritized high-ranking nonbinders in retrospective studies.
  • Prospective testing against AmpC β-lactamase showed that predicted 'cheaters' lacked inhibitory activity.
  • 57% of plausible inhibitors identified by the method demonstrated AmpC inhibition.

Conclusions:

  • Rescoring with orthogonal methods is an effective strategy to filter out docking artifacts.
  • This approach can significantly improve the quality of hit lists in large-scale virtual screening.
  • The method holds promise for wider application as chemical libraries continue to expand.