An MM/3D-RISM approach for ligand binding affinities.
We have modified the popular MM/PBSA or MM/GBSA approaches (molecular mechanics for a biomolecule, combined with a Poisson-Boltzmann or generalized Born electrostatic and surface area nonelectrostatic solvation energy) by employing instead the statistical-mechanical, three-dimensional molecular theory of solvation (also known as 3D reference interaction site model, or 3D-RISM-KH) coupled with molecular mechanics or molecular dynamics ( Blinov , N. ; et al. Biophys. J. 2010 ; Luchko , T. ; et al. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2010 ). Unlike the PBSA or GBSA semiempirical approaches, the 3D-RISM-KH theory yields a full molecular picture of the solvation structure and thermodynamics from the first principles, with proper account of chemical specificities of both solvent and biomolecules, such as hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic interactions, salt bridges, etc. We test the method on the binding of seven biotin analogues to avidin in aqueous solution and show it to work well in predicting the ligand-binding affinities. We have compared the results of 3D-RISM-KH with four different generalized Born and two Poisson-Boltzmann methods. They give absolute binding energies that differ by up to 208 kJ/mol and mean absolute deviations in the relative affinities of 10-43 kJ/mol.
Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Lund University, Chemical Centre, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
Samuel
S
Genheden
Tyler
T
Luchko
Sergey
S
Gusarov
Andriy
A
Kovalenko
Ulf
U
Ryde
D001360:Avidin / Q000737:chemistry; D001710:Biotin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008024:Ligands; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D011485:Protein Binding; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D013816:Thermodynamics
D008024:Ligands; D012997:Solvents; D001360:Avidin; D001710:Biotin