Ellen E. Guest
Alchemical Free Energy Methods Applied to Complexes of the First Bromodomain of BRD4
Guest, Ellen E.; Cervantes, Luis F.; Pickett, Stephen D.; Brooks, Charles L.; Hirst, Jonathan D.
Authors
Luis F. Cervantes
Stephen D. Pickett
Charles L. Brooks
Professor JONATHAN HIRST JONATHAN.HIRST@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Computational Chemistry
Abstract
Accurate and rapid predictions of the binding affinity of a compound to a target are one of the ultimate goals of computer aided drug design. Alchemical approaches to free energy estimations follow the path from an initial state of the system to the final state through alchemical changes of the energy function during a molecular dynamics simulation. Herein, we explore the accuracy and efficiency of two such techniques: relative free energy perturbation (FEP) and multisite lambda dynamics (MSλD). These are applied to a series of inhibitors for the bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4). We demonstrate a procedure for obtaining accurate relative binding free energies using MSλD when dealing with a change in the net charge of the ligand. This resulted in an impressive comparison with experiment, with an average difference of 0.4 ± 0.4 kcal mol-1. In a benchmarking study for the relative FEP calculations, we found that using 20 lambda windows with 0.5 ns of equilibration and 1 ns of data collection for each window gave the optimal compromise between accuracy and speed. Overall, relative FEP and MSλD predicted binding free energies with comparable accuracy, an average of 0.6 kcal mol-1 for each method. However, MSλD makes predictions for a larger molecular space over a much shorter time scale than relative FEP, with MSλD requiring a factor of 18 times less simulation time for the entire molecule space.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 25, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 8, 2022 |
Publication Date | Mar 28, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Mar 10, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 9, 2023 |
Journal | Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling |
Print ISSN | 1549-9596 |
Electronic ISSN | 1549-960X |
Publisher | American Chemical Society (ACS) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 62 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 1458-1470 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.1c01229 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7568999 |
Publisher URL | https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jcim.1c01229 |
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