Classification of Water Molecules in Protein Binding Sites. Barillari, C., Taylor, J., Viner, R., & Essex, J. J.~Am.~Chem.~Soc., 129(9):2577--2587, 2007.
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Abstract: Water molecules play a crucial role in mediating the interaction between a ligand and a macromolecular receptor. An understanding of the nature and role of each water molecule in the active site of a protein could greatly increase the efficiency of rational drug design approaches: if the propensity of a water molecule for displacement can be determined, then synthetic effort may be most profitably applied to the design of specific ligands with the displacement of this water molecule in mind. In this paper, a thermodynamic analysis of water molecules in the binding sites of six proteins, each complexed with a number of inhibitors, is presented. Two classes of water molecules were identified: those conserved and not displaced by any of the ligands, and those that are displaced by some ligands. The absolute binding free energies of 54 water molecules were calculated using the double decoupling method, with replica exchange thermodynamic integration in Monte Carlo simulations. It was found that conserved water molecules are on average more tightly bound than displaced water molecules. In addition, Bayesian statistics is used to calculate the probability that a particular water molecule may be displaced by an appropriately designed ligand, given the calculated binding free energy of the water molecule. This approach therefore allows the numerical assessment of whether or not a given water molecule should be targeted for displacement as part of a rational drug design strategy.
@article{Barillari:2007aa,
	Abstract = {Abstract: Water molecules play a crucial role in mediating the interaction
	between a ligand and a macromolecular receptor. An understanding
	of the nature and role of each water molecule in the active site
	of a protein could greatly increase the efficiency of rational drug
	design approaches: if the propensity of a water molecule for displacement
	can be determined, then synthetic effort may be most profitably applied
	to the design of specific ligands with the displacement of this water
	molecule in mind. In this paper, a thermodynamic analysis of water
	molecules in the binding sites of six proteins, each complexed with
	a number of inhibitors, is presented. Two classes of water molecules
	were identified: those conserved and not displaced by any of the
	ligands, and those that are displaced by some ligands. The absolute
	binding free energies of 54 water molecules were calculated using
	the double decoupling method, with replica exchange thermodynamic
	integration in Monte Carlo simulations. It was found that conserved
	water molecules are on average more tightly bound than displaced
	water molecules. In addition, Bayesian statistics is used to calculate
	the probability that a particular water molecule may be displaced
	by an appropriately designed ligand, given the calculated binding
	free energy of the water molecule. This approach therefore allows
	the numerical assessment of whether or not a given water molecule
	should be targeted for displacement as part of a rational drug design
	strategy.},
	Affiliation = {Contribution from the School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, U.K., and Syngenta, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, RG42 6EY, U.K.},
	Author = {Barillari, C. and Taylor, J. and Viner, R. and Essex, J.W.},
	Date-Added = {2007-12-11 17:01:03 -0500},
	Date-Modified = {2009-02-21 09:57:16 -0500},
	Issn = {0002-7863},
	Journal = {J.~Am.~Chem.~Soc.},
	Keywords = {thermodynamic; monte carlo;},
	Number = {9},
	Owner = {rajarshi},
	Pages = {2577--2587},
	Timestamp = {2007.04.11},
	Title = {Classification of Water Molecules in Protein Binding Sites},
	Volume = {129},
	Year = {2007},
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