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AlphaFold Kinase Optimizer: Enhancing Virtual Screening Performance Through Automated Refinement of AlphaFold-Based Kinase Structures.
AlphaFold (AF) is a valuable tool for generating protein 3D structures, but its application in structure-based drug design is limited. In this study, we introduce AF Optimizer-a new deep learning-assisted approach that refines binding site geometry based on neural network scores and calculated free binding energy. We refined TTK protein geometry using AF Optimizer and performed virtual screening using the optimized version of the AF-generated protein model. The application of the model showed a decrease in steric clashes with ligands from known crystal complexes, more precise results of molecular docking and virtual screening, and hits enrichment during a prospective in vitro study.
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PROTEINS : Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics publishes original reports of significant experimental and analytic research in all areas of protein research: structure, function, computation, genetics, and design. The journal encourages reports that present new experimental or computational approaches for interpreting and understanding data from biophysical chemistry, structural studies of proteins and macromolecular assemblies, alterations of protein structure and function engineered through techniques of molecular biology and genetics, functional analyses under physiologic conditions, as well as the interactions of proteins with receptors, nucleic acids, or other specific ligands or substrates. Research in protein and peptide biochemistry directed toward synthesizing or characterizing molecules that simulate aspects of the activity of proteins, or that act as inhibitors of protein function, is also within the scope of PROTEINS. In addition to full-length reports, short communications (usually not more than 4 printed pages) and prediction reports are welcome. Reviews are typically by invitation; authors are encouraged to submit proposed topics for consideration.