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ArticlePLoS computational biology2020

Efficient consideration of coordinated water molecules improves computational protein-protein and protein-ligand docking discrimination.

Ryan E Pavlovicz, Hahnbeom Park, Frank DiMaio

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ryan E PavloviczDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-2446-3141
Hahnbeom ParkDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Frank DiMaioDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
University of Washington · US

Funding

Protein structure determination from low-resolution experimental dataR01GM123089 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI DIMAIO, FRANK P · 2017 to 2025
$2.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM123089
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Highly coordinated water molecules are frequently an integral part of protein-protein and protein-ligand interfaces. We introduce an updated energy model that efficiently captures the energetic effects of these ordered water molecules on the surfaces of proteins. A two-stage method is developed in which polar groups arranged in geometries suitable for water placement are first identified, then a modified Monte Carlo simulation allows highly coordinated waters to be placed on the surface of a protein while simultaneously sampling amino acid side chain orientations. This "semi-explicit" water model is implemented in Rosetta and is suitable for both structure prediction and protein design. We show that our new approach and energy model yield significant improvements in native structure recovery of protein-protein and protein-ligand docking discrimination tests.

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Molecular Docking SimulationProteinsWaterAlgorithmsAmino AcidsBinding SitesHydrogen BondingLigandsMonte Carlo MethodProtein BindingAmino AcidsLigandsProteinsWater

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PMID32956350
PMCPMC7529342
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