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ArticleJournal of chemical information and modeling2025

Integrating Hydrogen Exchange with Molecular Dynamics for Improved Ligand Binding Predictions.

Benjamin T Walters, Alexander W Patapoff, James R Kiefer, Ping Wu, Weiru Wang

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Article in Journal of chemical information and modeling, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Benjamin T WaltersDepartment of Biochemistry and Cellular Pharmacology, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Alexander W PatapoffDepartment of Biochemistry and Cellular Pharmacology, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
James R KieferDepartment of Structural Biology, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Ping WuDepartment of Structural Biology, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Weiru WangDepartment of Structural Biology, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.

Funding

User Training and OutreachP30GM124169 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI PAUL David ADAMS, Gregory L Hura · 2017 to 2026
$28.6M
Eliminating Critical Systematic Errors In Structural Biology With Next-Generation SimulationR01GM124149 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HOLTON, JAMES M · 2017 to 2024
$2.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM124169NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM124149
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We introduce hydrogen-exchange experimental structure prediction (HX-ESP), a method that integrates hydrogen exchange (HX) data with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to accurately predict ligand binding modes, even for targets requiring significant conformational changes. Benchmarking HX-ESP by fitting two ligands to PAK1 and four ligands to MAP4K1 (HPK1) and comparing the results to X-ray crystallography structures, demonstrates that HX-ESP can identify binding modes across a range of affinities significantly outperforming flexible docking for ligands necessitating large conformational adjustments. By objectively guiding simulations with experimental HX data, HX-ESP overcomes the long time scales required for binding predictions using traditional MD. This advancement enhances the accuracy of computational modeling in drug discovery and thus will accelerate the development of effective therapeutics.

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Deuterium Exchange MeasurementHydrogenMolecular Dynamics SimulationBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayLigandsMolecular Docking SimulationProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesHydrogenLigandsProtein Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID40495786
PMCPMC12199734

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