Calculate protein–ligand binding affinities with the extended linear interaction energy method: application on the Cathepsin S set in the D3R Grand Challenge 3

X He, VH Man, B Ji, XQ Xie, J Wang - Journal of computer-aided molecular …, 2019 - Springer
We participated in the Cathepsin S (CatS) sub-challenge of the Drug Design Data Resource
(D3R) Grand Challenge 3 (GC3) in 2017 to blindly predict the binding poses of 24 CatS …

Blinded prediction of protein–ligand binding affinity using Amber thermodynamic integration for the 2018 D3R grand challenge 4

J Zou, C Tian, C Simmerling - Journal of computer-aided molecular design, 2019 - Springer
In the framework of the 2018 Drug Design Data Resource grand challenge 4, blinded
predictions on relative binding free energy were performed for a set of 39 ligands of the …

D3R Grand Challenge 3: blind prediction of protein–ligand poses and affinity rankings

Z Gaieb, CD Parks, M Chiu, H Yang, C Shao… - Journal of computer …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Drug Design Data Resource aims to test and advance the state of the art in
protein–ligand modeling by holding community-wide blinded, prediction challenges. Here …

D3R grand challenge 4: blind prediction of protein–ligand poses, affinity rankings, and relative binding free energies

CD Parks, Z Gaieb, M Chiu, H Yang, C Shao… - Journal of computer …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Drug Design Data Resource (D3R) aims to identify best practice methods for
computer aided drug design through blinded ligand pose prediction and affinity challenges …

Protein–ligand pose and affinity prediction: Lessons from D3R Grand Challenge 3

PI Koukos, LC Xue, AMJJ Bonvin - Journal of computer-aided molecular …, 2019 - Springer
We report the performance of HADDOCK in the 2018 iteration of the Grand Challenge
organised by the D3R consortium. Building on the findings of our participation in last year's …

Blinded evaluation of cathepsin S inhibitors from the D3RGC3 dataset using molecular docking and free energy calculations

L Chaput, E Selwa, E Elisée, BI Iorga - Journal of Computer-Aided …, 2019 - Springer
During the last few years, we have developed a docking protocol involving two steps:(i) the
choice of the most appropriate docking software and parameters for the system of interest …

Prediction of binding free energy of protein–ligand complexes with a hybrid molecular mechanics/generalized born surface area and machine learning method

L Dong, X Qu, Y Zhao, B Wang - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
Accurate prediction of protein–ligand binding free energies is important in enzyme
engineering and drug discovery. The molecular mechanics/generalized Born surface area …

Improving the accuracy of predicting protein–ligand binding-free energy with semiempirical quantum chemistry charge

C Peng, J Wang, Y Yu, G Wang, Z Chen… - Future Medicinal …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: It is a challenge to predict binding-free energy (Δ G) accurately. Methodology/results:
For accurate Δ G prediction, a new strategy combining solvated interaction energy (SIE) or …

BFEE: A user-friendly graphical interface facilitating absolute binding free-energy calculations

H Fu, JC Gumbart, H Chen, X Shao… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Quantifying protein–ligand binding has attracted the attention of both theorists and
experimentalists for decades. Many methods for estimating binding free energies in silico …

Combined linear interaction energy and alchemical solvation free-energy approach for protein-binding affinity computation

EA Rifai, V Ferrario, J Pleiss… - Journal of chemical theory …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Calculating free energies of binding (Δ G bind) between ligands and their target protein is of
major interest to drug discovery and safety, yet it is still associated with several challenges …