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ProtoCaller: robust automation of binding free energy calculations

ProtoCaller: robust automation of binding free energy calculations
ProtoCaller: robust automation of binding free energy calculations

ProtoCaller is a Python library distributed through Anaconda which automates relative protein-ligand binding free energy calculations in GROMACS. It links a number of popular specialized tools used to perform protein setup and parametrization, such as PDB2PQR, Modeller, and AmberTools. ProtoCaller supports commonly used AMBER force fields with additional cofactor parameters, and AM1-BCC is used to derive ligand charges. ProtoCaller also comes with an extensive PDB parser, an enhanced maximum common substructure algorithm providing improved ligand-ligand mapping, and a light GROMACS wrapper for running multiple molecular dynamics simulations. ProtoCaller is highly relevant to most researchers in the field of biomolecular simulation, allowing a customizable balance between automation and user intervention.

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Suruzhon, Miroslav, Senapathi, Tharindu, Bodnarchuk, Michael S., Viner, Russell, Wall, Ian D., Barnett, Christopher B., Naidoo, Kevin J. and Essex, Jonathan W. (2020) ProtoCaller: robust automation of binding free energy calculations. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 60 (4), 1917-1921. (doi:10.1021/acs.jcim.9b01158).

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Abstract

ProtoCaller is a Python library distributed through Anaconda which automates relative protein-ligand binding free energy calculations in GROMACS. It links a number of popular specialized tools used to perform protein setup and parametrization, such as PDB2PQR, Modeller, and AmberTools. ProtoCaller supports commonly used AMBER force fields with additional cofactor parameters, and AM1-BCC is used to derive ligand charges. ProtoCaller also comes with an extensive PDB parser, an enhanced maximum common substructure algorithm providing improved ligand-ligand mapping, and a light GROMACS wrapper for running multiple molecular dynamics simulations. ProtoCaller is highly relevant to most researchers in the field of biomolecular simulation, allowing a customizable balance between automation and user intervention.

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Accepted/In Press date: 24 February 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 24 February 2020
Published date: 27 April 2020

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Local EPrints ID: 438452
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/438452
ISSN: 1549-9596
PURE UUID: e082f9d2-942a-4933-b9da-a3e36c288b43
ORCID for Jonathan W. Essex: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2639-2746

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Date deposited: 10 Mar 2020 17:32
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 05:23

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Author: Miroslav Suruzhon
Author: Tharindu Senapathi
Author: Michael S. Bodnarchuk
Author: Russell Viner
Author: Ian D. Wall
Author: Christopher B. Barnett
Author: Kevin J. Naidoo

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