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Insights from Fragment Hit Binding Assays by Molecular Simulations

Computational Biophysics Laboratory (GRIB-IMIM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Acellera, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
§ Systems Pharmacology, Research Program on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), IMIM Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Passeig Lluis Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2015, 55 (10), pp 2200–2205
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.5b00453
Publication Date (Web): September 16, 2015
Copyright © 2015 American Chemical Society

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Novel bioactive molecules can be rationally designed by growing and linking small fragments. Because fragments are fast and promiscuous, it is common to have contradictory hit results between different experimental screening techniques. Here, we simultaneously determine fragment binding poses, affinities, and kinetics on a focused library of 42 fragments against the serine protease factor Xa using multimillisecond molecular dynamics simulations. We predict experimental poses of 12 over 15 S1 crystal structures, and affinities are recovered for 4 out of 6. A kinetic map of protein cavities is computed in terms of on- and off-rates as well as insights into secondary ligand poses. The results suggest that the approach can be useful to recapitulate discordant fragment screening data.

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Received 20 July 2015
Published online 16 September 2015
Published in print 26 October 2015
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