Optimized Virtual Screening Workflow: Towards Target-Based Polynomial Scoring Functions for HIV-1 Protease.

Journal: Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: One key step in the development of inhibitors for an enzyme is the application of computational methodologies to predict protein-ligand interactions. The abundance of structural and ligand-binding information for HIV-1 protease opens up the possibility to apply computational methods to develop scoring functions targeted to this enzyme.

Authors

  • Val Oliveira Pintro
  • Walter Filgueira de Azevedo
    Laboratory of Computational Systems Biology, School of Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 Partenon Porto Alegre-RS, 90619-900, Brazil.