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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Assessment of AI-Based Protein Structure Prediction for the NLRP3 Target.

Jian Yin, Junkun Lei, Jialin Yu, Weiren Cui, Alexander L Satz, Yifan Zhou, Hua Feng, Jason Deng, Wenji Su, Letian Kuai

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  3. Molecular Dynamics and Other HPC Simulations for Drug Discovery.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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10 authors.

Jian YinWuXi AppTec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 240 Hedan Road, Shanghai 200131, China.
Junkun LeiWuXi AppTec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 240 Hedan Road, Shanghai 200131, China.
Jialin YuWuXi AppTec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 240 Hedan Road, Shanghai 200131, China.
Weiren CuiWuXi AppTec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 240 Hedan Road, Shanghai 200131, China.
Alexander L SatzWuXi AppTec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 240 Hedan Road, Shanghai 200131, China.
Yifan ZhouWuXi AppTec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 240 Hedan Road, Shanghai 200131, China.
Hua FengWuXi AppTec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 240 Hedan Road, Shanghai 200131, China.
Jason DengWuXi AppTec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 240 Hedan Road, Shanghai 200131, China.
Wenji SuWuXi AppTec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 240 Hedan Road, Shanghai 200131, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1093-167X
Letian KuaiWuXi AppTec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 240 Hedan Road, Shanghai 200131, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent successes of AlphaFold and RoseTTAFold have demonstrated the value of AI methods in highly accurate protein structure prediction. Despite these advances, the role of these methods in the context of small-molecule drug discovery still needs to be thoroughly explored. In this study, we evaluated whether the AI-based models can reliably reproduce the three-dimensional structures of protein-ligand complexes. The structure we chose was NLRP3, a challenging protein target in terms of obtaining a three-dimensional model both experimentally and computationally. The conformation of the binding pockets generated by the AI models was carefully characterized and compared with experimental structures. Further molecular docking results indicated that AI-predicted protein structures combined with molecular dynamics simulations offers a promising approach in small-molecule drug discovery.

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NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinProteinsArtificial IntelligenceLigandsMolecular Docking SimulationProtein BindingProtein ConformationLigandsNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinProteinsAlphaFoldMCC950molecular dynamics simulationsNLRP3protein structure predictionRoseTTAFold

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PMID36144532
PMCPMC9505260

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