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Aim: Rescoring of docking-binding poses can significantly improve molecular docking results. Our aim was to evaluate postprocessing docking protocols in order to determine the most suitable methodology for the study of the binding of congeneric compounds to protein kinases.
Materials & Methods: Diverse ligand-receptor poses generated after docking were submitted to different relaxation protocols. The Molecular Mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann (Generalized Born) Surface Area approach was applied for the evaluation of the binding affinity of complexes obtained. The performance of various Molecular Mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann (Generalized Born) Surface Area methodologies was compared.
Results: The inclusion of a postprocessing protocol after docking enhances the quality of the results, although the best methodology is system dependent.
Conclusion: An examination of the interactions established has allowed us to suggest useful modifications for the design of new type II inhibitors.
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Shanghai Yao Yuan Biotechnology Ltd (Drug Farm), Shanghai, China.
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Department of Oral and Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laborator
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Service of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Institut Pasteur, Université Paris-Cité, CNRS UMR 3691, Evolutionary Cell Biology and Evolution of Morphogenesis Unit, 25-28 rue du docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address:
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Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Biomedical Research Center Seltersberg, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany. Electronic address:
The myristoylated preS1 domain (myr-preS1) of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) large surface protein is essential for binding to the receptor protein, Na/taurocholate co-transporting polypeptide (NTCP), and for the subsequent internalization of the virus-receptor complex. NTCP, which is expressed in hepatocytes, plays a physiological role in hepatic bile acid transport. Recent cryo-electron microscopy structures of the myr-preS1-NTCP complex were used to analyze virus-receptor interactions at the molecular level.
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