Free energy calculations for theophylline binding to an RNA aptamer: Comparison of MM-PBSA and thermodynamic integration methods

Biopolymers ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Gouda ◽  
Irwin D. Kuntz ◽  
David A. Case ◽  
Peter A. Kollman
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Thermodynamic Integration ◽  
Free Energy Calculations ◽  
Rna Aptamer ◽  
Integration Methods ◽  
Energy Calculations

Automated Assessment of Binding Affinity via Alchemical Free Energy Calculations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximilian Kuhn ◽  
Stuart Firth-Clark ◽  
Paolo Tosco ◽  
Antonia S. J. S. Mey ◽  
Mark Mackey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Protein Structures ◽  
Free Energy Calculations ◽  
Distinct Advantage ◽  
Binding Affinities ◽  
Structure Based Drug Design ◽  
Energy Calculations ◽  
Kendall’S Τ ◽  
Experimental Values ◽  
Better Than

Free energy calculations have seen increased usage in structure-based drug design. Despite the rising interest, automation of the complex calculations and subsequent analysis of their results are still hampered by the restricted choice of available tools. In this work, an application for automated setup and processing of free energy calculations is presented. Several sanity checks for assessing the reliability of the calculations were implemented, constituting a distinct advantage over existing open-source tools. The underlying workflow is built on top of the software Sire, SOMD, BioSimSpace and OpenMM and uses the AMBER14SB and GAFF2.1 force fields. It was validated on two datasets originally composed by Schrödinger, consisting of 14 protein structures and 220 ligands. Predicted binding affinities were in good agreement with experimental values. For the larger dataset the average correlation coefficient Rp was 0.70 ± 0.05 and average Kendall’s τ was 0.53 ± 0.05 which is broadly comparable to or better than previously reported results using other methods. <br>

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