Abstract
Identification of ligand-binding pockets in proteins is pivotal to protein function definition and drug discovery. In this study, we focus on determining the binding pockets in proteins for potential ligands without any a priori knowledge. Three methods based upon residue preference concept are proposed to predict ligand-binding pockets, where we deal with three types of residue preference (residue based, atom based and atom-contact-pair based preference), respectively. Two test sets were chosen to examine the proposed methods. Two different identification rules (named Top1 and Top2) are used to detect ligand-binding pockets. The results show that the atom-contact-pair method has good accuracy and high efficiency, better than the other two methods. By means of preference analysis for amino acids and atom-contactpairs, we find that Gly and atom-contact-pairs on aromatic residues appear at ligand-binding pockets more frequently. The former favors pocket flexibility, and the latter shows that aggregate hydrophobic surface may play an important role in complex formation.
Keywords: Residue preference, ligand-binding pocket identification, atom-contact-pair
Protein & Peptide Letters
Title: Identification of Ligand-Binding Pockets in Proteins Using Residue Preference Methods
Volume: 16 Issue: 8
Author(s): Zhijun Qiu and Xicheng Wang
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Keywords: Residue preference, ligand-binding pocket identification, atom-contact-pair
Abstract: Identification of ligand-binding pockets in proteins is pivotal to protein function definition and drug discovery. In this study, we focus on determining the binding pockets in proteins for potential ligands without any a priori knowledge. Three methods based upon residue preference concept are proposed to predict ligand-binding pockets, where we deal with three types of residue preference (residue based, atom based and atom-contact-pair based preference), respectively. Two test sets were chosen to examine the proposed methods. Two different identification rules (named Top1 and Top2) are used to detect ligand-binding pockets. The results show that the atom-contact-pair method has good accuracy and high efficiency, better than the other two methods. By means of preference analysis for amino acids and atom-contactpairs, we find that Gly and atom-contact-pairs on aromatic residues appear at ligand-binding pockets more frequently. The former favors pocket flexibility, and the latter shows that aggregate hydrophobic surface may play an important role in complex formation.
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Qiu Zhijun and Wang Xicheng, Identification of Ligand-Binding Pockets in Proteins Using Residue Preference Methods, Protein & Peptide Letters 2009; 16 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986609788923284
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986609788923284 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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