Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
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CHAPTER 2<br />
The Use of Scor<strong>in</strong>g Functions <strong>in</strong> Drug<br />
Discovery Applications<br />
Hans-Joachim Böhm and Mart<strong>in</strong> Stahl<br />
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Pharmaceuticals Division, Chemical<br />
Technologies, CH-4070 Basel, Switzerland<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
<strong>Reviews</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Computational</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>, <strong>Volume</strong> <strong>18</strong><br />
E dited by K enny B. L ipkowitz and D onald B. Boyd<br />
Copyr ight © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, I nc.<br />
ISBN: 0-471-21576-7<br />
Structure-based design has become a mature and <strong>in</strong>tegral part of medic<strong>in</strong>al<br />
chemistry. It has been conv<strong>in</strong>c<strong>in</strong>gly demonstrated for a large number of<br />
targets that the three-dimensional (3D) structure of a prote<strong>in</strong> can be used to<br />
design small molecule ligands b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g tightly at this target. Indeed, several<br />
marketed compounds can be attributed to a successful structure-based<br />
design. 1–4 Several reviews summarize these results. 5–9<br />
S<strong>in</strong>ce the <strong>in</strong>troduction of molecular model<strong>in</strong>g and structure-based design<br />
<strong>in</strong>to the drug discovery process <strong>in</strong> the 1980s, there has been a significant<br />
change <strong>in</strong> the role these computational techniques are play<strong>in</strong>g. Early molecular<br />
model<strong>in</strong>g work concentrated on the manual design of prote<strong>in</strong> ligands us<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
3D structure of a target. Usually, the creativity of the designer was used to<br />
build a novel putative ligand us<strong>in</strong>g computer graphics followed by a molecular<br />
mechanics calculation of the result<strong>in</strong>g prote<strong>in</strong>–ligand complex. A geometric<br />
and energetic analysis of the energy-m<strong>in</strong>imized complex was then used to<br />
assess the putative ligand. A good complementarity of the shape and surface<br />
properties between the prote<strong>in</strong> and ligand was used as an <strong>in</strong>dication that the<br />
ligand might <strong>in</strong>deed b<strong>in</strong>d to the prote<strong>in</strong> with high aff<strong>in</strong>ity.<br />
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