Volume 69, Issue 4 pp. 859-865
Research Article

A filter enhanced sampling and combinatorial scoring study for protein docking in CAPRI

Xin Qi Gong

Xin Qi Gong

College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China

Xin Qi Gong and Shan Chang contributed equally to this work.

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Shan Chang

Shan Chang

College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China

Xin Qi Gong and Shan Chang contributed equally to this work.

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Qing Hua Zhang

Qing Hua Zhang

College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China

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Chun Hua Li

Chun Hua Li

College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China

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Long Zhu Shen

Long Zhu Shen

College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China

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Xiao Hui Ma

Xiao Hui Ma

College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China

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Ming Hui Wang

Ming Hui Wang

College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China

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Bin Liu

Bin Liu

College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China

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Hong Qiu He

Hong Qiu He

College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China

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Wei Zu Chen

Wei Zu Chen

College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China

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Cun Xin Wang

Corresponding Author

Cun Xin Wang

College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China

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First published: 31 October 2007
Citations: 4

Abstract

Protein–protein docking is usually exploited with a two-step strategy, i.e., conformational sampling and decoy scoring. In this work, a new filter enhanced sampling scheme was proposed and added into the RosettaDock algorithm to improve the conformational sampling efficiency. The filter term is based on the statistical result that backbone hydrogen bonds in the native protein structures are wrapped by more than nine hydrophobic groups to shield them from attacks of water molecules (Fernandez and Scheraga, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2003;100:113–118). A combinatorial scoring function, ComScore, specially designed for the other-type protein–protein complexes was also adopted to select the near native docked modes. ComScore was composed of the atomic contact energy, van der Waals, and electrostatic interaction energies, and the weight of each item was fit through the multiple linear regression approach. To analyze our docking results, the filter enhanced sampling scheme was applied to targets T12, T20, and T21 after the CAPRI blind test, and improvements were obtained. The ligand least root mean square deviations (L_rmsds) were reduced and the hit numbers were increased. ComScore was used in the scoring test for CAPRI rounds 9–12 with good success in rounds 9 and 11. Proteins 2007. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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