Modifications of the scoring function in FlexX for virtual screening applications

摘要

A modification of the hydrogen bond score in the docking program FlexX is presented. Hydrogen bonds formed in inaccessible regions of protein cavities thereby gain larger weight than others formed at the protein surface. The modified scoring function is tested with thrombin as a target. Secondly, a recently published knowledge-based scoring function is compared to the FlexX scoring function in several database ranking experiments.