UFSRAT: Ultra-fast Shape Recognition with Atom Types--the discovery of novel bioactive small molecular scaffolds for FKBP12 and 11βHSD1.

<h4>Motivation</h4>Using molecular similarity to discover bioactive small molecules with novel chemical scaffolds can be computationally demanding. We describe Ultra-fast Shape Recognition with Atom Types (UFSRAT), an efficient algorithm that considers both the 3D distribution (shape) an...

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Main Authors: Steven Shave, Elizabeth A Blackburn, Jillian Adie, Douglas R Houston, Manfred Auer, Scott P Webster, Paul Taylor, Malcolm D Walkinshaw
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116570
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author Steven Shave
Elizabeth A Blackburn
Jillian Adie
Douglas R Houston
Manfred Auer
Scott P Webster
Paul Taylor
Malcolm D Walkinshaw
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description <h4>Motivation</h4>Using molecular similarity to discover bioactive small molecules with novel chemical scaffolds can be computationally demanding. We describe Ultra-fast Shape Recognition with Atom Types (UFSRAT), an efficient algorithm that considers both the 3D distribution (shape) and electrostatics of atoms to score and retrieve molecules capable of making similar interactions to those of the supplied query.<h4>Results</h4>Computational optimization and pre-calculation of molecular descriptors enables a query molecule to be run against a database containing 3.8 million molecules and results returned in under 10 seconds on modest hardware. UFSRAT has been used in pipelines to identify bioactive molecules for two clinically relevant drug targets; FK506-Binding Protein 12 and 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1. In the case of FK506-Binding Protein 12, UFSRAT was used as the first step in a structure-based virtual screening pipeline, yielding many actives, of which the most active shows a KD, app of 281 µM and contains a substructure present in the query compound. Success was also achieved running solely the UFSRAT technique to identify new actives for 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1, for which the most active displays an IC50 of 67 nM in a cell based assay and contains a substructure radically different to the query. This demonstrates the valuable ability of the UFSRAT algorithm to perform scaffold hops.<h4>Availability and implementation</h4>A web-based implementation of the algorithm is freely available at http://opus.bch.ed.ac.uk/ufsrat/.
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spelling doaj-art-ae1d4d353fe64757bc974812b1b467b32025-08-20T03:46:13ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-01102e011657010.1371/journal.pone.0116570UFSRAT: Ultra-fast Shape Recognition with Atom Types--the discovery of novel bioactive small molecular scaffolds for FKBP12 and 11βHSD1.Steven ShaveElizabeth A BlackburnJillian AdieDouglas R HoustonManfred AuerScott P WebsterPaul TaylorMalcolm D Walkinshaw<h4>Motivation</h4>Using molecular similarity to discover bioactive small molecules with novel chemical scaffolds can be computationally demanding. We describe Ultra-fast Shape Recognition with Atom Types (UFSRAT), an efficient algorithm that considers both the 3D distribution (shape) and electrostatics of atoms to score and retrieve molecules capable of making similar interactions to those of the supplied query.<h4>Results</h4>Computational optimization and pre-calculation of molecular descriptors enables a query molecule to be run against a database containing 3.8 million molecules and results returned in under 10 seconds on modest hardware. UFSRAT has been used in pipelines to identify bioactive molecules for two clinically relevant drug targets; FK506-Binding Protein 12 and 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1. In the case of FK506-Binding Protein 12, UFSRAT was used as the first step in a structure-based virtual screening pipeline, yielding many actives, of which the most active shows a KD, app of 281 µM and contains a substructure present in the query compound. Success was also achieved running solely the UFSRAT technique to identify new actives for 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1, for which the most active displays an IC50 of 67 nM in a cell based assay and contains a substructure radically different to the query. This demonstrates the valuable ability of the UFSRAT algorithm to perform scaffold hops.<h4>Availability and implementation</h4>A web-based implementation of the algorithm is freely available at http://opus.bch.ed.ac.uk/ufsrat/.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116570
spellingShingle Steven Shave
Elizabeth A Blackburn
Jillian Adie
Douglas R Houston
Manfred Auer
Scott P Webster
Paul Taylor
Malcolm D Walkinshaw
UFSRAT: Ultra-fast Shape Recognition with Atom Types--the discovery of novel bioactive small molecular scaffolds for FKBP12 and 11βHSD1.
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title UFSRAT: Ultra-fast Shape Recognition with Atom Types--the discovery of novel bioactive small molecular scaffolds for FKBP12 and 11βHSD1.
title_full UFSRAT: Ultra-fast Shape Recognition with Atom Types--the discovery of novel bioactive small molecular scaffolds for FKBP12 and 11βHSD1.
title_fullStr UFSRAT: Ultra-fast Shape Recognition with Atom Types--the discovery of novel bioactive small molecular scaffolds for FKBP12 and 11βHSD1.
title_full_unstemmed UFSRAT: Ultra-fast Shape Recognition with Atom Types--the discovery of novel bioactive small molecular scaffolds for FKBP12 and 11βHSD1.
title_short UFSRAT: Ultra-fast Shape Recognition with Atom Types--the discovery of novel bioactive small molecular scaffolds for FKBP12 and 11βHSD1.
title_sort ufsrat ultra fast shape recognition with atom types the discovery of novel bioactive small molecular scaffolds for fkbp12 and 11βhsd1
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116570
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