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NNScore: A Neural-Network-Based Scoring Function for the Characterization of Protein−Ligand Complexes
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As high-throughput biochemical screens are both expensive and labor intensive, researchers in academia and industry are turning increasingly to virtual-screening methodologies. Virtual screening relies on scoring functions to quickly assess ligand potency. Although useful for in silico ligand identification, these scoring functions generally give many false positives and negatives; indeed, a properly trained human being can often assess ligand potency by visual inspection with greater accuracy. Given the success of the human mind at protein-ligand complex characterization, we present here a scoring function based on a neural network, a computational model that attempts to simulate, albeit inadequately, the microscopic organization of the brain. Computer-aided drug design depends on fast and accurate scoring functions to aid in the identification of small-molecule ligands. The scoring function presented here, used either on its own or in conjunction with other more traditional functions, could prove useful in future drug-discovery efforts.
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- Authors
- Durrant, J. D., & McCammon, J. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2010-09-16
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1865-1871
- ISSN
- 1549-9596 (ISSN-L)
- 1549-960X
- OpenAlex
- W2030286884
- Cited by
- 259
- References
- 31
- FWCI
- 7.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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