Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
63(6), P. 1695 - 1707
Published: March 14, 2023
Protein-ligand
docking
is
an
essential
tool
in
structure-based
drug
design
with
applications
ranging
from
virtual
high-throughput
screening
to
pose
prediction
for
lead
optimization.
Most
programs
are
optimized
redocking
existing
cocrystallized
protein
structure,
ignoring
flexibility.
In
real-world
applications,
however,
flexibility
feature
of
the
ligand-binding
process.
Flexible
protein-ligand
still
remains
a
significant
challenge
computational
design.
To
target
this
challenge,
we
present
deep
learning
(DL)
model
flexible
based
on
intermolecular
Euclidean
distance
matrix
(EDM),
making
typical
use
iterative
search
algorithms
obsolete.
The
was
trained
large-scale
data
set
complexes
and
evaluated
independent
test
sets.
Our
generates
high
quality
poses
diverse
ligand
structures
outperforms
comparable
methods.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
12(1)
Published: Nov. 25, 2021
In
molecular
dynamics
(MD),
neural
network
(NN)
potentials
trained
bottom-up
on
quantum
mechanical
data
have
seen
tremendous
success
recently.
Top-down
approaches
that
learn
NN
directly
from
experimental
received
less
attention,
typically
facing
numerical
and
computational
challenges
when
backpropagating
through
MD
simulations.
We
present
the
Differentiable
Trajectory
Reweighting
(DiffTRe)
method,
which
bypasses
differentiation
simulation
for
time-independent
observables.
Leveraging
thermodynamic
perturbation
theory,
we
avoid
exploding
gradients
achieve
around
2
orders
of
magnitude
speed-up
in
gradient
computation
top-down
learning.
show
effectiveness
DiffTRe
learning
an
atomistic
model
diamond
a
coarse-grained
water
based
diverse
observables
including
thermodynamic,
structural
properties.
Importantly,
also
generalizes
coarse-graining
methods
such
as
iterative
Boltzmann
inversion
to
arbitrary
potentials.
The
presented
method
constitutes
important
milestone
towards
enriching
with
data,
particularly
accurate
is
unavailable.
The Journal of Chemical Physics,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
156(14)
Published: April 13, 2022
Molecular
Dynamics
(MD)
simulation
is
a
powerful
tool
for
understanding
the
dynamics
and
structure
of
matter.
Since
resolution
MD
atomic-scale,
achieving
long
timescale
simulations
with
femtosecond
integration
very
expensive.
In
each
step,
numerous
iterative
computations
are
performed
to
calculate
energy
based
on
different
types
interaction
their
corresponding
spatial
gradients.
These
repetitive
can
be
learned
surrogated
by
deep
learning
model,
such
as
Graph
Neural
Network
(GNN).
this
work,
we
developed
GNN
Accelerated
(GAMD)
model
that
directly
predicts
forces,
given
state
system
(atom
positions,
atom
types),
bypassing
evaluation
potential
energy.
By
training
variety
data
sources
(simulation
derived
from
classical
density
functional
theory),
show
GAMD
predict
two
typical
molecular
systems,
Lennard-Jones
water
system,
in
NVT
ensemble
velocities
regulated
thermostat.
We
further
GAMD's
inference
agnostic
scale,
where
it
scale
much
larger
systems
at
test
time.
also
perform
comprehensive
benchmark
comparing
our
implementation
production-level
software,
showing
competitive
performance
large-scale
simulation.
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
18(7), P. 4047 - 4069
Published: June 16, 2022
Atomistic
Molecular
Dynamics
(MD)
simulations
provide
researchers
the
ability
to
model
biomolecular
structures
such
as
proteins
and
their
interactions
with
drug-like
small
molecules
greater
spatiotemporal
resolution
than
is
otherwise
possible
using
experimental
methods.
MD
are
notoriously
expensive
computational
endeavors
that
have
traditionally
required
massive
investment
in
specialized
hardware
access
biologically
relevant
scales.
Our
goal
summarize
fundamental
algorithms
employed
literature
then
highlight
challenges
affected
accelerator
implementations
practice.
We
consider
three
broad
categories
of
accelerators:
Graphics
Processing
Units
(GPUs),
Field-Programmable
Gate
Arrays
(FPGAs),
Application
Specific
Integrated
Circuits
(ASICs).
These
comparatively
studied
facilitate
discussion
relative
trade-offs
gain
context
for
current
state
art.
conclude
by
providing
insights
into
potential
emerging
platforms
MD.
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
63(6), P. 1695 - 1707
Published: March 14, 2023
Protein-ligand
docking
is
an
essential
tool
in
structure-based
drug
design
with
applications
ranging
from
virtual
high-throughput
screening
to
pose
prediction
for
lead
optimization.
Most
programs
are
optimized
redocking
existing
cocrystallized
protein
structure,
ignoring
flexibility.
In
real-world
applications,
however,
flexibility
feature
of
the
ligand-binding
process.
Flexible
protein-ligand
still
remains
a
significant
challenge
computational
design.
To
target
this
challenge,
we
present
deep
learning
(DL)
model
flexible
based
on
intermolecular
Euclidean
distance
matrix
(EDM),
making
typical
use
iterative
search
algorithms
obsolete.
The
was
trained
large-scale
data
set
complexes
and
evaluated
independent
test
sets.
Our
generates
high
quality
poses
diverse
ligand
structures
outperforms
comparable
methods.