Machine learning-based drug discovery success depends on molecular representation. Yet traditional molecular fingerprints omit both the protein and pointers back to structural information that would enable better model interpretability. Therefore, we propose LUNA, a Python 3 toolkit that calculates and encodes protein–ligand interactions into new hashed fingerprints inspired by Extended Connectivity FingerPrint (ECFP): EIFP (Extended Interaction FingerPrint), FIFP (Functional Interaction FingerPrint), and Hybrid Interaction FingerPrint (HIFP). LUNA also provides visual strategies to make the fingerprints interpretable. We performed three major experiments exploring the fingerprints’ use. First, we trained machine learning models to reproduce DOCK3.7 scores using 1 million docked Dopamine D4 complexes. We found that EIFP-4,096 performed (R 2 = 0.61) superior to related molecular and interaction fingerprints. Second, we used LUNA to support interpretable machine learning models. Finally, we demonstrate that interaction fingerprints can accurately identify similarities across molecular complexes that other fingerprints overlook. Hence, we envision LUNA and its interface fingerprints as promising methods for machine learning-based virtual screening campaigns. LUNA is freely available at .
Machine learning-based drug discovery success depends on molecular representation. Yet traditional molecular fingerprints omit both the protein and pointers back to structural information that would enable better model interpretability. Therefore, we propose LUNA, a Python 3 toolkit that calculates and encodes protein-ligand interactions into new hashed fingerprints inspired by Extended Connectivity Finger-Print (ECFP): EIFP (Extended Interaction FingerPrint), FIFP (Functional Interaction FingerPrint), and Hybrid Interaction FingerPrint (HIFP). LUNA also provides visual strategies to make the fingerprints interpretable. We performed three major experiments exploring the fingerprints’ use. First, we trained machine learning models to reproduce DOCK3.7 scores using 1 million docked Dopamine D4 complexes. We found that EIFP-4,096 performed (R2 = 0.61) superior to related molecular and interaction fingerprints. Secondly, we used LUNA to support interpretable machine learning models. Finally, we demonstrate that interaction fingerprints can accurately identify similarities across molecular complexes that other fingerprints over-look. Hence, we envision LUNA and its interface fingerprints as promising methods for machine learning-based virtual screening campaigns. LUNA is freely available at https://github.com/keiserlab/LUNA.
Water molecules at the protein-small molecule interface often form hydrogen bonds with both the small molecule ligand and the protein, affecting the structural integrity and energetics of a binding event. The inclusion of these ‘bridging waters’ has been shown to improve the accuracy of predicted docked structures; however, due to increased computational costs, this step is typically omitted in ligand docking simulations. In this study, we introduce a resource-efficient, Rosetta-based protocol named “PlaceWaters” to predict the location of explicit interface bridging waters during a ligand docking simulation. In contrast to other explicit water methods, this protocol is independent of knowledge of number and location of crystallographic waters in homologous structures. We test this method on a diverse protein-small molecule benchmark set in comparison to other Rosetta-based protocols. Our results suggest that this coarse-grained, structure-based approach quickly and accurately predicts the location of bridging waters, improving our ability to computationally screen drug candidates.
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