2019 Denovo design tutorial 3 with PDB 3JQZ
This tutorial is a continuation of the virtual screen tutorial for 3JQZ, with the same directory and naming structure.
Below is a figure showing a ligand generated by Denovo growth from a generic oxygen fragment (magenta) compared to the crystal lignad (blue). The chosen molecule was selected based on the highest volume overlap score with the crystal ligand.
Contents
I. de-novo design with PDB 3JQZ (Focused)
Fragment Libraries
A focused fragment library will be used in this tutorial, in order to attempt building the same ligand. A focused fragment library can be generated using the same ligand.
Create a new directory for the fragment library.
mkdir fraglib
Inside the fraglib directory create a new input file for fragment generation.
touch fraglib.in
Generate the fragments by calling the input file through DOCK6
dock6 -i fraglib.in
Answer the prompted questions interactively using the following lines.
conformer_search_type flex write_fragment_libraries yes fragment_library_prefix fraglib fragment_library_freq_cutoff 1 fragment_library_sort_method freq fragment_library_trans_origin no use_internal_energy yes internal_energy_rep_exp 12 internal_energy_cutoff 100.0 ligand_atom_file ../001.dockprep/3jqz_lig_withH.mol2 limit_max_ligands no skip_molecule no read_mol_solvation no calculate_rmsd no use_database_filter no orient_ligand yes automated_matching yes receptor_site_file ../002.surface_spheres/selected_spheres.sph max_orientations 1000 critical_points no chemical_matching no use_ligand_spheres no bump_filter no score_molecules no atom_model all vdw_defn_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/vdw_AMBER_parm99.defn flex_defn_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/flex.defn flex_drive_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/flex_drive.tbl ligand_outfile_prefix output write_orientations no num_scored_conformers 1 rank_ligands no
Once fragment generation is completed, following files will be generated. (fraglib_linker.mol2, fraglib_rigid.mol2, fraglib_scaffold.mol2, fraglib_sidechain.mol2, fraglib_torenv.dat) Open the mol2 files using chimera and check if the fragments match with the ligand used for fragment generation.
Focused Denovo Growth
The generated fragments will be used to perform the de novo dock. Here the fragments will added together restricted by different properties like maximum layers, formal charge and molecular weight. Before each connection, DOCK will check with the torsion environment file created in frgment generation to see if that particular connection is seen before. If not the connection won't be made.
Create a new directory for denovo dock.
mkdir denovo
Create a new input file for denovo dock.
touch denovo.in
Run the input file through dock.
dock6 -i denovo.in
Answer the prompted question interactively using the following lines.
conformer_search_type denovo dn_fraglib_scaffold_file fraglib_scaffold.mol2 dn_fraglib_linker_file fraglib_linker.mol2 dn_fraglib_sidechain_file fraglib_sidechain.mol2 dn_user_specified_anchor no dn_use_torenv_table yes dn_torenv_table fraglib_torenv.dat dn_sampling_method graph dn_graph_max_picks 30 dn_graph_breadth 3 dn_graph_depth 2 dn_graph_temperature 100.0 dn_pruning_conformer_score_cutoff 100.0 dn_pruning_conformer_score_scaling_factor 1.0 dn_pruning_clustering_cutoff 100.0 dn_constraint_mol_wt 550.0 dn_constraint_rot_bon 15 dn_constraint_formal_charge 2.0 dn_heur_unmatched_num 1 dn_heur_matched_rmsd 2.0 dn_unique_anchors 1 dn_max_grow_layers 9 dn_max_root_size 25 dn_max_layer_size 25 dn_max_current_aps 5 dn_max_scaffolds_per_layer 1 dn_write_checkpoints yes dn_write_prune_dump no dn_write_orients no dn_write_growth_trees no dn_output_prefix output use_internal_energy yes internal_energy_rep_exp 12 internal_energy_cutoff 100.0 use_database_filter no orient_ligand yes automated_matching yes receptor_site_file ../002.surface_spheres/selected_spheres.sph max_orientations 1000 critical_points no chemical_matching no use_ligand_spheres no bump_filter no score_molecules yes contact_score_primary no contact_score_secondary no grid_score_primary no grid_score_secondary no multigrid_score_primary no multigrid_score_secondary no dock3.5_score_primary no dock3.5_score_secondary no continuous_score_primary no continuous_score_secondary no footprint_similarity_score_primary no footprint_similarity_score_secondary no pharmacophore_score_primary no pharmacophore_score_secondary no descriptor_score_primary yes descriptor_score_secondary no descriptor_use_grid_score yes descriptor_use_pharmacophore_score no descriptor_use_tanimoto no descriptor_use_hungarian no descriptor_use_volume_overlap yes descriptor_grid_score_rep_rad_scale 1 descriptor_grid_score_vdw_scale 1 descriptor_grid_score_es_scale 1 descriptor_grid_score_grid_prefix ../003.boxgrid/grid descriptor_volume_score_reference_mol2_filename ../001.dockprep/3jqz_lig_charged_withH.mol2 descriptor_volume_score_overlap_compute_method analytical descriptor_weight_grid_score 1 descriptor_weight_volume_overlap_score -1 gbsa_zou_score_secondary no gbsa_hawkins_score_secondary no SASA_score_secondary no amber_score_secondary no minimize_ligand yes minimize_anchor yes minimize_flexible_growth yes use_advanced_simplex_parameters no simplex_max_cycles 1 simplex_score_converge 0.1 simplex_cycle_converge 1.0 simplex_trans_step 1.0 simplex_rot_step 0.1 simplex_tors_step 10.0 simplex_anchor_max_iterations 500 simplex_grow_max_iterations 500 simplex_grow_tors_premin_iterations 0 simplex_random_seed 0 simplex_restraint_min no atom_model all vdw_defn_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/vdw_AMBER_parm99.defn flex_defn_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/flex.defn flex_drive_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/flex_drive.tbl chem_defn_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/chem.defn
Focused Denovo Rescore
Create a new directory
mkdir focuseddenovorescore
Copy your reference .mol2 file into this directory
Create an input file
touch rescore.in
Complete the input file using the automated questions from dock
dock6 -i rescore.in
conformer_search_type rigid use_internal_energy yes internal_energy_rep_exp 12 internal_energy_cutoff 100.0 ligand_atom_file output.denovo_build.mol2 limit_max_ligands no skip_molecule no read_mol_solvation no calculate_rmsd no use_database_filter no orient_ligand no bump_filter no score_molecules yes contact_score_primary no contact_score_secondary no grid_score_primary no grid_score_secondary no multigrid_score_primary no multigrid_score_secondary no dock3.5_score_primary no dock3.5_score_secondary no continuous_score_primary no continuous_score_secondary no footprint_similarity_score_primary no footprint_similarity_score_secondary no pharmacophore_score_primary no pharmacophore_score_secondary no descriptor_score_primary yes descriptor_score_secondary no descriptor_use_grid_score no descriptor_use_multigrid_score no descriptor_use_continuous_score no descriptor_use_footprint_similarity yes descriptor_use_pharmacophore_score yes descriptor_use_tanimoto yes descriptor_use_hungarian yes descriptor_use_volume_overlap yes descriptor_fps_score_use_footprint_reference_mol2 yes descriptor_fps_score_footprint_reference_mol2_filename candidate_mol_gen_frag.mol2 descriptor_fps_score_foot_compare_type Euclidean descriptor_fps_score_normalize_foot no descriptor_fps_score_foot_comp_all_residue yes descriptor_fps_score_receptor_filename ../001.dockprep/3jqz.rec.withH.charged.mol2 descriptor_fps_score_vdw_att_exp 6 descriptor_fps_score_vdw_rep_exp 12 descriptor_fps_score_vdw_rep_rad_scale 1 descriptor_fps_score_use_distance_dependent_dielectric yes descriptor_fps_score_dielectric 4.0 descriptor_fps_score_vdw_fp_scale 1 descriptor_fps_score_es_fp_scale 1 descriptor_fps_score_hb_fp_scale 0 descriptor_fms_score_use_ref_mol2 yes descriptor_fms_score_ref_mol2_filename candidate_mol_gen_frag.mol2 descriptor_fms_score_write_reference_pharmacophore_mol2 no descriptor_fms_score_write_reference_pharmacophore_txt no descriptor_fms_score_write_candidate_pharmacophore no descriptor_fms_score_write_matched_pharmacophore no descriptor_fms_score_compare_type overlap descriptor_fms_score_full_match yes descriptor_fms_score_match_rate_weight 5.0 descriptor_fms_score_match_dist_cutoff 1.0 descriptor_fms_score_match_proj_cutoff 0.7071 descriptor_fms_score_max_score 20 descriptor_fingerprint_ref_filename candidate_mol_gen_frag.mol2 descriptor_hms_score_ref_filename candidate_mol_gen_frag.mol2 descriptor_hms_score_matching_coeff -5 descriptor_hms_score_rmsd_coeff 1 descriptor_volume_score_reference_mol2_filename candidate_mol_gen_frag.mol2 descriptor_volume_score_overlap_compute_method analytical descriptor_weight_fps_score 1 descriptor_weight_pharmacophore_score 1 descriptor_weight_fingerprint_tanimoto -1 descriptor_weight_hms_score 1 descriptor_weight_volume_overlap_score -1 gbsa_zou_score_secondary no gbsa_hawkins_score_secondary no SASA_score_secondary no amber_score_secondary no minimize_ligand no atom_model all vdw_defn_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/vdw_AMBER_parm99.defn flex_defn_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/flex.defn flex_drive_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/flex_drive.tbl chem_defn_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/chem.defn pharmacophore_defn_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/ph4.defn ligand_outfile_prefix descriptor.output write_footprints yes write_hbonds yes write_orientations no num_scored_conformers 1 rank_ligands no
You will now have a file in your directory called descriptor.output_scored.mol2 which can be loaded into Chimera using ViewDock with your original ligand .mol2 file.
II.de-novo growth with PDB 2NNQ (Generic)
In this section, the de novo growth will be done using a fragment library generated by many druglike ligands provided in the dock6 distribution in the parameters directory. This allows DOCK to generate novel ligands which are not restricted by the fragments and torsion environment of the crystal ligand.
In the previous section, single grid was used as the scoring function to generate the ligands. In this section, the interactions of the ligand with the most significant residues will be considered for the scoring function. In order to do so, multigrid scoring method where each of the significant residues will be described using unique grids, and a common grid for the rest of the residues.
Specifying Primary Residues
First, the significant residues for the binding of the ligand has to be specified. Create unique directory for the generic de novo growth. Create an input file. (rescore.in) Use the following lines to generate the input file.
conformer_search_type rigid use_internal_energy no ligand_atom_file ../2nnq_lig_withH.mol2 (use the ligand mol2 file) limit_max_ligands no skip_molecule no read_mol_solvation no calculate_rmsd no use_database_filter no orient_ligand no bump_filter no score_molecules yes contact_score_primary no contact_score_secondary no grid_score_primary no grid_score_secondary no multigrid_score_primary no multigrid_score_secondary no dock3.5_score_primary no dock3.5_score_secondary no continuous_score_primary no continuous_score_secondary no footprint_similarity_score_primary yes footprint_similarity_score_secondary no fps_score_use_footprint_reference_mol2 yes fps_score_footprint_reference_mol2_filename ../2nnq_lig_withH.mol2 (use the ligand mol2 file) fps_score_foot_compare_type Euclidean fps_score_normalize_foot no fps_score_foot_comp_all_residue no fps_score_choose_foot_range_type threshold fps_score_vdw_threshold 1 fps_score_es_threshold 0.5 fps_score_hb_threshold 0.5 fps_score_use_remainder yes fps_score_receptor_filename ../2nnq_rec.mol2 (use the mol2 file for the receptor) fps_score_vdw_att_exp 6 fps_score_vdw_rep_exp 12 fps_score_vdw_rep_rad_scale 1 fps_score_use_distance_dependent_dielectric yes fps_score_dielectric 4.0 fps_score_vdw_fp_scale 1 fps_score_es_fp_scale 1 fps_score_hb_fp_scale 0 pharmacophore_score_secondary no descriptor_score_secondary no gbsa_zou_score_secondary no gbsa_hawkins_score_secondary no SASA_score_secondary no amber_score_secondary no minimize_ligand no atom_model all vdw_defn_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/vdw_AMBER_parm99.defn flex_defn_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/flex.defn flex_drive_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/flex_drive.tbl ligand_outfile_prefix rescore.out write_footprints yes write_hbonds no write_orientations no num_scored_conformers 1 rank_ligands no
This will generate three output files.
2nnq.footprint_rescore.out rescore.out_footprint_scored.txt rescore.out_scored.mol2
Use these files to specify the primary residues. Create a new file specify.sh using the following lines which are taken from previous tutorials and altered accordingly.
#!/bin/bash
grep -A 1 "range_union" footprint.out |
grep -v "range_union" |
grep -v "\-" |
sed -e '{s/,/\n/g}' |
sed -e '{s/ //g}' |
sed '/^$/d' |
sort -n |
uniq > temp.dat
for i in `cat temp.dat`; do printf "%0*d\n" 3 $i; done > 2nnq.primary_residues.dat
for RES in `cat temp.dat`
do
grep " ${RES} " rescore.out_footprint_scored.txt |
awk -v temp=${RES} '{if ($2 == temp) print $0;}' |
awk '{print $1 " " $3 " " $4}' >> reference.txt
done
grep "remainder" rescore.out_footprint_scored.txt |
sed -e '{s/,/ /g}' |
tr -d '\n' |
awk '{print $2 " " $3 " " $6}' >> reference.txt
mv reference.txt 2nnq.reference.txt
rm temp.dat
Use either of the following commands to specify the primary residues using the above file.
chmod 770 specify.sh ./specify.sh
or
bash specify.sh
This will generate another two files which specify the primary residues of the binding site of your receptor.
2nnq.primary_residues.dat 2nnq.reference.txt
If it is successful, 25 residues should be specified as primary residues. (this is just for this system and the number of primary residues can change from system to system)
In the next section, grids will be generated for the primary residues and a common grid for the rest of the residues.
Running de novo growth
In this section, a de novo growth will be done using the grids generated above and a provided fragment library where the fragments are generated from random drug like ligands.
Go one directory back from multigrid and create a new directory, denovo. Copy the neccesary fragment library files needed into this directory. (scaffold,linker,sidechain,torsion env ..etc) Then create an input file for denovo growth using the lines below.
conformer_search_type denovo dn_fraglib_scaffold_file fraglib_scaffold.mol2 dn_fraglib_linker_file fraglib_linker.mol2 dn_fraglib_sidechain_file fraglib_sidechain.mol2 dn_user_specified_anchor no dn_use_torenv_table yes dn_torenv_table fraglib_torenv.dat dn_sampling_method graph dn_graph_max_picks 30 dn_graph_breadth 3 dn_graph_depth 2 dn_graph_temperature 100.0 dn_pruning_conformer_score_cutoff 100.0 dn_pruning_conformer_score_scaling_factor 1.0 dn_pruning_clustering_cutoff 100.0 dn_constraint_mol_wt 550.0 dn_constraint_rot_bon 15 dn_constraint_formal_charge 2.0 dn_heur_unmatched_num 1 dn_heur_matched_rmsd 2.0 dn_unique_anchors 1 dn_max_grow_layers 4 dn_max_root_size 25 dn_max_layer_size 25 dn_max_current_aps 5 dn_max_scaffolds_per_layer 1 dn_write_checkpoints yes dn_write_prune_dump no dn_write_orients no dn_write_growth_trees no dn_output_prefix output use_internal_energy yes internal_energy_rep_exp 12 internal_energy_cutoff 100.0 use_database_filter no orient_ligand yes automated_matching yes receptor_site_file ../002.surface_spheres/selected_spheres.sph max_orientations 1000 critical_points no chemical_matching no use_ligand_spheres no bump_filter no score_molecules yes contact_score_primary no contact_score_secondary no grid_score_primary no grid_score_secondary no multigrid_score_primary no multigrid_score_secondary no dock3.5_score_primary no dock3.5_score_secondary no continuous_score_primary no continuous_score_secondary no footprint_similarity_score_primary no footprint_similarity_score_secondary no pharmacophore_score_primary no pharmacophore_score_secondary no descriptor_score_primary yes descriptor_score_secondary no descriptor_use_grid_score yes descriptor_use_multigrid_score no descriptor_use_pharmacophore_score no descriptor_use_tanimoto no descriptor_use_hungarian no descriptor_use_volume_overlap yes gbsa_zou_score_secondary no gbsa_hawkins_score_secondary no SASA_score_secondary no amber_score_secondary no minimize_ligand yes minimize_anchor yes minimize_flexible_growth yes use_advanced_simplex_parameters no simplex_max_cycles 1 simplex_score_converge 0.1 simplex_cycle_converge 1.0 simplex_trans_step 1.0 simplex_rot_step 0.1 simplex_tors_step 10.0 simplex_anchor_max_iterations 500 simplex_grow_max_iterations 500 simplex_grow_tors_premin_iterations 0 simplex_random_seed 0 simplex_restraint_min no atom_model all vdw_defn_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/vdw_AMBER_parm99.defn flex_defn_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/flex.defn flex_drive_file /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/flex_drive.tbl
Use the following script (denovo.sh) to submit the job to the cluster.
#!/bin/bash #PBS -l walltime=48:00:00 #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=28 #PBS -q long #PBS -N 2nnq_denovo #PBS -V cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR dock6 -i denovo.in -o 2nnq_denovo.out
Use the following command to submit the job.
qsub denovo.sh
