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Application advances of deep learning methods for de novo drug design and molecular dynamics simulation

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Bai, Qifeng, Liu, Shuo, Tian, Yanan, Xu, Tingyang, Banegas‐Luna, Antonio Jesús, Pérez‐Sánchez, Horacio, Huang, Junzhou, Liu, Huanxiang +1 more·2022·WIREs Computational Molecular Science

Abstract

De novo drug design is a stationary way to build novel ligands in the confined pocket of receptor by assembling the atoms or fragments, while molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is a dynamical way to study the interaction mechanism between the ligands and receptors based on the molecular force field. De novo drug design and MD simulation are effective tools for novel drug discovery. With the development of technology, deep learning methods, and interpretable machine learning (IML) have emerged in the research area of drug design. Deep learning methods and IML can be used further to improve the efficiency and accuracy of de novo drug design and MD simulations. The application summary of deep learning methods for de novo drug design, MD simulations, and IML can further promote the technical development of drug discovery. In this article, two major workflow methods and the related components of classical algorithm and deep learning are described for de novo drug design from a new perspective. The application progress of deep learning is also summarized for MD simulations. Furthermore, IML is introduced for the deep learning model interpretability of de novo drug design and MD simulations. Our paper deals with an interesting topic about deep learning applications of de novo drug design and MD simulations for the scientific community. This article is categorized under:Data Science > Chemoinformatics Data Science > Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning

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  • The innovation in development and integration of MD simulations with deep learning can reproduce, interpret, predict, and generate data relating to the behavior of biological macromolecules.

    “The innovation in the development and integration of MD simulations with deep learning can reproduce, interpret, predict, and generate data relating to the behavior of biological macromolecules.”

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  • ML techniques and molecular dynamics simulations are currently being used in de novo drug design to improve efficiency and accuracy.

    “ML techniques and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are currently being used in the field of de novo drug design to improve efficiency and accuracy.”
  • Combining ML and MD methodologies is being explored to take advantage of synergies between them.

    “The technique of combining these methodologies is being explored to take advantage of the synergies between them [20].”

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Authors
Bai, Q., Liu, S., Tian, Y., Xu, T., Banegas‐Luna, A. J., Pérez‐Sánchez, H., Huang, J., Liu, H., & Yao, X.
Affiliations
  • Lanzhou University (CN)
  • Tencent (China) (CN)
  • Universidad Católica de Murcia (ES)
Corresponding author
  • Bai, Qifeng
  • Xu, Tingyang
  • Pérez‐Sánchez, Horacio
Venue
WIREs Computational Molecular Science
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2021-10-14
Volume
12
Issue
3
ISSN
  • 1759-0876 (ISSN-L)
  • 1759-0884
OpenAlex
W3207969687
Cited by
156
References
151
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 43 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 1
FWCI
12.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • RIUCAM (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Lanzhou University Institutional Repository (submittedVersion)
Funders
Lanzhou University
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
Keywords
de novo drug design, molecular dynamics simulation, deep learning, model interpretability, ligand design, ligand-receptor interactions, drug discovery, cheminformatics

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