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Accurate calculation of absolute free energy of binding for SHP2 allosteric inhibitors using free energy perturbation
Li Liang,Haichun Liu,Guomeng Xing,Chenglong Deng,Yi Hua,Rui Gu,Yadong Chen,Yanmin Zhang
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Pub Date : 03/30/2022 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D2CP00405D
Abstract

Accurate prediction of binding affinity is a primary objective in structure-based drug discovery. A free energy perturbation (FEP) method based on molecular dynamics simulation shows great promise for protein–ligand binding affinity predictions. However, accurate calculation of binding affinity for allosteric inhibitors remains unknown and elusive, which hampers the discovery of allosteric inhibitors. Allosteric inhibitors exhibit several significant advantages over orthosteric inhibitors including higher specificity and lower side effects. Allosteric inhibitors against SHP2 are thought to be beneficial not only for diseases related to metabolism, but also for cancer, which make SHP2 a potential drug target. However, high structural sensitivity makes structural optimization of SHP2 allosteric inhibitors face challenges. Herein, we calculated the absolute binding free energy of SHP2 allosteric inhibitors using the FEP method by employing different λ-windows/simulation time sampling strategies. A simulation run with 32 λ-windows/64 ps sampling strategy delivered an excellent correlation (r = 0.96) and an unprecedented low mean absolute error of 0.5 kcal mol−1 between predicted binding free energies and experimental ones, outperforming the MM/PBSA method. Our study demonstrates the possibility to accurately calculate the absolute binding free energy of allosteric inhibitors using FEP, which offers exciting prospects for the discovery of more effective allosteric inhibitors.

Graphical abstract: Accurate calculation of absolute free energy of binding for SHP2 allosteric inhibitors using free energy perturbation
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