A Novel Subshape Molecular Descriptor
- 26 July 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences
- Vol. 43 (5), 1623-1635
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ci0256384
Abstract
Molecules with similar shapes and features often have similar biological activity. Several computational approaches search chemical databases for new leads or templates based on overall molecular shape similarity. However, active molecules often present critical subshapes that are required for binding, which may be missed by comparing overall shape similarity. We present a new approach to compare molecular shapes of different sizes and to calculate subshape similarity. We developed a skeletal representation of the shape which is topologically unrelated to covalent chemical connectivity. This simplifies rotational and translational sampling. We test initial possible alignments by matching similar triangles. This triangle-matching filter rapidly eliminates most geometrically impossible matches. Surviving matches are filtered further in successive stages. These stages involve direction, feature, and shape matching procedures. Our approach is applied to several situations demonstrating lead discovery and evolution.Keywords
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