Ligands

Modeling Active-State Conformations of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors Using AlphaFold2 via Template Bias and Explicit Protein Constrains.

AlphaFold2 and other deep learning tools represent the state of the art for protein structure prediction; however, they are still limited in their ability to model multiple …

Chiesa, L.

On the Difficulty to Rescore Hits from Ultralarge Docking Screens.

Docking-based virtual screening tools customized to mine ultralarge chemical spaces are consistently reported to yield both higher hit rates and more potent ligands than that …

Sindt, F.

Large scale investigation of GPCR molecular dynamics data uncovers allosteric sites and lateral gateways.

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute a functionally diverse protein family and are targets for a broad spectrum of pharmaceuticals.

Aranda-García, D.

CACHE Challenge #1: Targeting the WDR Domain of LRRK2, A Parkinson's Disease Associated Protein.

The CACHE challenges are a series of prospective benchmarking exercises to evaluate progress in the field of computational hit-finding.

Li, F.

Subpocket Similarity-Based Hit Identification for Challenging Targets: Application to the WDR Domain of LRRK2.

We herewith applied a priori a generic hit identification method (POEM) for difficult targets of known three-dimensional structure, relying on the simple knowledge of …

Eguida, M.

Predicting the duration of action of β2-adrenergic receptor agonists: Ligand and structure-based approaches.

Agonists of the β2 adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) are an important class of medications used for the treatment of respiratory diseases.

Chiesa, L.

Target-Focused Library Design by Pocket-Applied Computer Vision and Fragment Deep Generative Linking.

We here describe a computational approach (POEM: Pocket Oriented Elaboration of Molecules) to drive the generation of target-focused libraries while taking advantage of all …

Eguida, M.

Estimating the Similarity between Protein Pockets.

With the exponential increase in publicly available protein structures, the comparison of protein binding sites naturally emerged as a scientific topic to explain observations or …

Eguida, M.

On the Frustration to Predict Binding Affinities from Protein-Ligand Structures with Deep Neural Networks.

Accurate prediction of binding affinities from protein-ligand atomic coordinates remains a major challenge in early stages of drug discovery.

Volkov, M.

High-Throughput Screening for Extracellular Inhibitors of the FLT3 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Reveals Chemically Diverse and Druggable Negative Allosteric Modulators.

Inhibiting receptor tyrosine kinases is commonly achieved by two main strategies targeting either the intracellular kinase domain by low molecular weight compounds or the …

Hany, R.