title: Entropy-enthalpy compensation: role and ramifications in biomolecular ligand recognition and design.
abstract: Recent calorimetric studies of interactions between small molecules and biomolecular targets have generated renewed interest in the phenomenon of entropy-enthalpy compensation. In these studies, entropic and enthalpic contributions to binding are observed to vary substantially and in an opposing manner as the ligand or protein is modified, whereas the binding free energy varies little. In severe examples, engineered enthalpic gains can lead to completely compensating entropic penalties, frustrating ligand design. Here, we examine the evidence for compensation, as well as its potential origins, prevalence, severity, and ramifications for ligand engineering. We find the evidence for severe compensation to be weak in light of the large magnitude of and correlation between errors in experimental measurements of entropic and enthalpic contributions to binding, though a limited form of compensation may be common. Given the difficulty of predicting or measuring entropic and enthalpic changes to useful precision, or using this information in design, we recommend ligand engineering efforts instead focus on computational and experimental methodologies to directly assess changes in binding free energy.
authors: Computational Biology Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA. choderaj@mskcc.org
authors: John D
authors: JD
authors: Chodera
authors: David L
authors: DL
authors: Mobley
mesh_terms: D002151:Calorimetry; D019277:Entropy; D008024:Ligands; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D011506:Proteins
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