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ArticleJournal of chemical information and modeling2022

Alchemical Free Energy Methods Applied to Complexes of the First Bromodomain of BRD4.

Ellen E Guest, Luis F Cervantes, Stephen D Pickett, Charles L Brooks, Jonathan D Hirst

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Article in Journal of chemical information and modeling, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  1. PyMolGen: Database-Driven Molecular Generation of Drug-Like Compounds.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2026
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Ellen E GuestSchool of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-7252-6229
Luis F CervantesDepartment of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
Stephen D PickettComputational Chemistry, GlaxoSmithKline RD Pharmaceuticals, Stevenage SG1 2NY, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-0958-9830
Charles L BrooksDepartment of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8149-5417
Jonathan D HirstSchool of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-2726-0983

Funding

Theory and Modeling of Biomolecules and their Interactions - Equipment SupplementR35GM130587 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CHARLES L BROOKS · 2019 to 2026
$6.9M
Theoretical Studies of Receptor-Ligand InteractionsR01GM037554 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BROOKS, CHARLES L · 1987 to 2018
$3.8M
Computational infrastructure for biomedically-driven simulation and modelingS10OD034346 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BROOKS, CHARLES L · 2023 to 2023
$593k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM037554NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM130587NIH HHS S10 OD034346
6 · The paper itself

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

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Nuclear ProteinsTranscription FactorsEntropyLigandsMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BindingThermodynamicsLigandsNuclear ProteinsTranscription Factors

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PMID35258972
PMCPMC9098113

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