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DeepFrag: a deep convolutional neural network for fragment-based lead optimization

H. Green, D. Koes, J. Durrant,
2021

DeepFrag is a machine-learning model designed to assist with lead optimization. It recommends appropriate fragment additions given the 3D structures of a protein receptor and bound small-molecule ligand. Machine learning has been increasingly applied to the field of computer-aided drug discovery in recent years, leading to notable advances in binding-affinity prediction, virtual screening, and QSAR. Surprisingly, it is less often applied to lead optimization, the process of identifying chemical fragments that might be added to a known ligand to improve its binding affinity. We here describe a deep convolutional neural network that predicts appropriate fragments given the structure of a receptor/ligand complex. In an independent benchmark of known ligands with missing (deleted) fragments, our DeepFrag model selected the known (correct) fragment from a set over 6500 about 58% of the time. Even when the known/correct fragment was not selected, the top fragment was often chemically similar and may well represent a valid substitution. We release our trained DeepFrag model and associated software under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0.

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  • H. Green
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
  • D. Koes
    Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
  • J. Durrant
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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  • Chemical Science
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  • Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
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