INTRODUCTION: The implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) methodologies to drug discovery (DD) are on the rise. Several applications have been developed for structure-based DD, where AI methods provide an alternative framework for the identifi...
Journal of chemical theory and computation
Sep 23, 2021
Scoring functions are the essential component in molecular docking methods. An accurate scoring function is expected to distinguish the native ligand pose from decoy poses. Our previous experience (Pei et al. 2019, 59 (7), 3305-3315) proved that com...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often presented as a new Industrial Revolution. Many domains use AI, including molecular simulation for drug discovery. In this review, we provide an overview of ligand-protein molecular docking and how machine learnin...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Sep 1, 2021
Machine learning scoring functions for protein-ligand binding affinity have been found to consistently outperform classical scoring functions when trained and tested on crystal structures of bound protein-ligand complexes. However, it is less clear h...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Aug 10, 2021
A structure-based drug design pipeline involves the development of potential drug molecules or ligands that form stable complexes with a given receptor at its binding site. A prerequisite to this is finding druggable and functionally relevant binding...
The selection of a DNA aptamer through the Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment (SELEX) method involves multiple binding steps, in which a target and a library of randomized DNA sequences are mixed for selection of a single, nucl...
Identifying drug-target protein association pairs is a prerequisite and a crucial task in drug discovery and development. Numerous computational models, based on different assumptions and algorithms, have been proposed as an alternative to the labori...
Neurological disorders affect various aspects of life. Finding drugs for the central nervous system is a very challenging and complex task due to the involvement of the blood-brain barrier, P-glycoprotein, and the drug's high attrition rates. The ava...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Jul 16, 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are dramatically redefining the current drug discovery landscape by boosting the efficiency of its various steps. Still, their implementation often requires a certain level of expertise in AI paradigms and codi...
Journal of chemical theory and computation
Jul 14, 2021
Computational capabilities are rapidly increasing, primarily because of the availability of GPU-based architectures. This creates unprecedented simulative possibilities for the systematic and robust computation of thermodynamic observables, including...