Relative binding free energy calculations in drug discovery: recent advances and practical considerations

Z Cournia, B Allen, W Sherman - Journal of chemical information …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Accurate in silico prediction of protein–ligand binding affinities has been a primary objective
of structure-based drug design for decades due to the putative value it would bring to the …

Jaguar: A high‐performance quantum chemistry software program with strengths in life and materials sciences

AD Bochevarov, E Harder, TF Hughes… - … Journal of Quantum …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Jaguar is an ab initio quantum chemical program that specializes in fast electronic structure
predictions for molecular systems of medium and large size. Jaguar focuses on …

[HTML][HTML] A fast and high-quality charge model for the next generation general AMBER force field

X He, VH Man, W Yang, TS Lee, J Wang - The Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The General AMBER Force Field (GAFF) has been broadly used by researchers all over the
world to perform in silico simulations and modelings on diverse scientific topics, especially in …

OPLS3e: Extending force field coverage for drug-like small molecules

K Roos, C Wu, W Damm, M Reboul… - Journal of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Building upon the OPLS3 force field we report on an enhanced model, OPLS3e, that further
extends its coverage of medicinally relevant chemical space by addressing limitations in …

Comparative assessment of scoring functions: the CASF-2016 update

M Su, Q Yang, Y Du, G Feng, Z Liu, Y Li… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In structure-based drug design, scoring functions are often employed to evaluate protein–
ligand interactions. A variety of scoring functions have been developed so far, and thus …

Automated topology builder version 3.0: Prediction of solvation free enthalpies in water and hexane

M Stroet, B Caron, KM Visscher… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The ability of atomic interaction parameters generated using the Automated Topology
Builder and Repository version 3.0 (ATB3. 0) to predict experimental hydration free …

OPLS3: a force field providing broad coverage of drug-like small molecules and proteins

E Harder, W Damm, J Maple, C Wu… - Journal of chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The parametrization and validation of the OPLS3 force field for small molecules and proteins
are reported. Enhancements with respect to the previous version (OPLS2. 1) include the …

1.14* CM1A-LBCC: localized bond-charge corrected CM1A charges for condensed-phase simulations

LS Dodda, JZ Vilseck, J Tirado-Rives… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The quality of the 1.14* CM1A and 1.20* CM5 charge models was evaluated for calculations
of free energies of hydration. For a set of 426 neutral molecules, 1.14* CM1A and 1.20* CM5 …

Accurate and reliable prediction of relative ligand binding potency in prospective drug discovery by way of a modern free-energy calculation protocol and force field

L Wang, Y Wu, Y Deng, B Kim, L Pierce… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Designing tight-binding ligands is a primary objective of small-molecule drug discovery.
Over the past few decades, free-energy calculations have benefited from improved force …

Alchemical binding free energy calculations in AMBER20: Advances and best practices for drug discovery

TS Lee, BK Allen, TJ Giese, Z Guo, P Li… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Predicting protein–ligand binding affinities and the associated thermodynamics of
biomolecular recognition is a primary objective of structure-based drug design. Alchemical …