Strain Problems got you in a Twist? Try StrainRelief: A Quantum-Accurate Tool for Ligand Strain Calculations
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| author | Wallace, Ewan R. S. Frey, Nathan C. Rackers, Joshua A. |
| author_facet | Wallace, Ewan R. S. Frey, Nathan C. Rackers, Joshua A. |
| contents | Ligand strain energy, the energy difference between the bound and unbound conformations of a ligand, is an important component of structure-based small molecule drug design. A large majority of observed ligands in protein-small molecule co-crystal structures bind in low-strain conformations, making strain energy a useful filter for structure-based drug design. In this work we present a tool for calculating ligand strain with a high accuracy. StrainRelief uses a MACE Neural Network Potential (NNP), trained on a large database of Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations to estimate ligand strain of neutral molecules with quantum accuracy. We show that this tool estimates strain energy differences relative to DFT to within 1.4 kcal/mol, more accurately than alternative NNPs. These results highlight the utility of NNPs in drug discovery, and provide a useful tool for drug discovery teams. |
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| spellingShingle | Strain Problems got you in a Twist? Try StrainRelief: A Quantum-Accurate Tool for Ligand Strain Calculations Wallace, Ewan R. S. Frey, Nathan C. Rackers, Joshua A. Chemical Physics Machine Learning Ligand strain energy, the energy difference between the bound and unbound conformations of a ligand, is an important component of structure-based small molecule drug design. A large majority of observed ligands in protein-small molecule co-crystal structures bind in low-strain conformations, making strain energy a useful filter for structure-based drug design. In this work we present a tool for calculating ligand strain with a high accuracy. StrainRelief uses a MACE Neural Network Potential (NNP), trained on a large database of Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations to estimate ligand strain of neutral molecules with quantum accuracy. We show that this tool estimates strain energy differences relative to DFT to within 1.4 kcal/mol, more accurately than alternative NNPs. These results highlight the utility of NNPs in drug discovery, and provide a useful tool for drug discovery teams. |
| title | Strain Problems got you in a Twist? Try StrainRelief: A Quantum-Accurate Tool for Ligand Strain Calculations |
| topic | Chemical Physics Machine Learning |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13352 |