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A Molecular Representation to Identify Isofunctional Molecules.

Philippe Pinel^1,2,3,4, Gwenn Guichaoua^1,2,3, Nicolas Devaux⁴

¹Center for Computational Biology, Mines Paris-PSL, PSL Research University, Paris, France.

Molecular Informatics

|March 18, 2025

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Scaffold hopping in drug discovery is challenging. We introduce Interaction Fingerprints Profile (IFPP) for identifying similar molecules, enhanced by Metric Learning for efficient screening of large libraries.

Keywords:

deep learning ligand-based metric learning molecular interactions scaffold hopping

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Area of Science:

Computational chemistry
Medicinal chemistry
Drug discovery

Background:

Scaffold hopping is crucial for optimizing drug candidates but faces challenges with protein structure limitations.
Traditional docking and ligand-based methods struggle with large scaffold hops, especially for membrane proteins.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel molecular representation, Interaction Fingerprints Profile (IFPP), for identifying isofunctional molecules.
To enhance the scalability of IFPP for large-scale virtual screening using Metric Learning.

Main Methods:

IFPP captures molecular binding modes through docking against diverse protein structures.
Metric Learning approaches were employed to accelerate IFPP similarity estimations.

Main Results:

IFPP effectively identifies isofunctional molecules, as shown by evaluation on the LH benchmark.
Metric Learning significantly improves the computational efficiency of IFPP for large libraries.

Conclusions:

IFPP is a valuable tool for addressing scaffold hopping challenges in drug discovery.
The integration of Metric Learning makes IFPP a scalable and efficient pre-screening strategy.