2016 DOCK tutorial with Beta Trypsin
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Contents
I. Introduction
Yaping She & Omar Sanchez Reyes
DOCK
Beta Trypsin
Organizing Directories
II. Preparing the Receptor and Ligand
Beilei Jiang
III. Generating Receptor Surface and Spheres
Lauren Prentis
Generating the Receptor Surface
Placing Spheres
IV. Generating Box and Grid
Monaf Awwa
Box Generation
>Start Chimera and open the RECEPTOR files 1BJU.rec.noH.pdb Next, select the ACTION subheader, then select SURFACE, then SHOW
Once you can see the van der Waals surface of the protein, select the TOOLS subheader, then STRUCTURE EDITING, and lastly select WRITE DMS and save the file as 1BJU.dms
Now that we have a surface, we can more effectively calculate regions of the protein where a small molecule can bind. To further accelerate calculations, we will specify which atoms to calculate the interactions for via the program sphgen
Switch over to the 02.surfacespheres directory with the following command
cd 02.surfacespheres
Next, create an input file for sphgen to read.
vim INSPH
The file should have the following information
1BJU.rec.dms #the file corresponding to the surface is the input file R #we want the spheres outside the protein surface X #we want all subsets of spheres to be generated 0.0 #default size of proteins with surface contacts 4.0 #default maximum of the sphere radius generated (Angstroms) 1.4 #default minimum of the sphere radius generated (Angstroms) Also corresponds to probe radius 1BJU.rec.sph #output file name
Now we can enter the command to run sphgen
sphgen -i INSPH -o OUTSPH
Once completed, check the OUTSPH file to ensure no errors occured
If you'd like to visually inspect the spheres generated, start Chimera and load the 1BJU.rec.mol2 file, then load the 1BJU.rec.sph file.
Now we will use the showsphere program to convert our .sph file back to a .pdb format.
In the same directory, enter the command
showsphere
The following questions will appear. Answer as follows
Enter name of sphere cluster file:
1BJU.rec.sph
Enter cluster number to process (<0 = all):
-1
Generate surfaces as well as pdb files (<N>/Y)?
N
Enter name for output file prefix:
output_spheres
Process cluster 0 (contains ALL spheres) (<N>/Y)?
N
You should now have a file named output_spheres.pdb in your directory. You can visualize the spheres by loading chimera and the 1BJU.rec.noH.mol2, then loading the output_spheres.pdb file.
For the docking calculation, we are most interesting in a subset of the spheres. To select the spheres most important to ligand binding, we will use the command
sphere_selector 1BJU.rec.sph ../01.dockprep/1BJU.lig.mol2 8.0
The 8.0 Angstrom value indicates we want to select spheres within 8 angstroms of our ligand. This hypothetically means we are designing a competitive inhibitor.
Now lets create the proper output file for our spheres. Enter the command
showsphere
and answer the following questions
Enter name of sphere cluster file:
selected_spheres.sph
Enter cluster number to process (<0 = all):
-1
Generate surfaces as well as pdb files (<N>/Y)?
N
Enter name for output file prefix:
output_spheres_selected
Process cluster 0 (contains ALL spheres) (<N>/Y)?
N
This will ensure the docking calculation samples the most important regions of the protein surface
Grid computing
Since the electronic interactions between two objects in space can be decomposed into pairwise interactions, it is highly efficient to fully calculate a proteins electric contribution to binding energy before DOCKing a ligand.
switch to the 03.box-grid/ directory
cd 03.box-grid/
create an input file named showbox.in
vim showbox.in
enter the following information
Y # Do you want to calculate a box? (YES) 8.0 # How long should the box length be? ../02.surface-spheres/selected_spheres.sph # which sphere file is our input? 1 # How many clusters for the file? 1BJU.box.pdb # What do we want to name the output file?
save the file, then enter the following command to generate the box
showbox > showbox.in
The box can be visualized in Chimera by loading the output_spheres_selected.pdb file, then loading the 1BJU.box.pdb file
Next, we will calculate the grid energies
Create the input file for grid. Enter the command
vim grid.in
Run grid with the command
grid - grid.in
This allows you to go back and fix the input file in case there is a mistake when answer the questions prompted by grid.
grid.in
Parameter Value Description
compute_grids yes we want to compute grids
grid_spacing 0.4 resolution of grid energetic contributions (Angstroms). The smaller the value, the more accurate the calculation
output_molecule no we don't want to rewrite ligand output file
contact_score no we don't want to deal with contact score
energy_score yes we want to compute energetic interaction based on force field
energy_cutoff_distance 9999 what distance should we stop computing atomic interactions in angstroms
atom_model a corresponds to all atom model rather than united atom
attractive_exponent 6 see Lennard-Jones attraction term
repulsive_exponent 12 see Lennard-Jones repulsion term
distance_dielectric yes linear decrease in electric force
dielectric_factor 4 how much will electric force decrease based on atomic distance in angstroms
bump_filter yes
bump_overlap 0.75
receptor_file ../01.dockprep/1BJU.rec.mol2
box_file 4TKG.box.pdb
vdw_definition_file ../zzz.parameters/vdw_AMBER_parm99.defn characteristic van der Waal radii parameter file
score_grid_prefix grid ONLY THE PREFIX OF THE GRID FILE NAME
V. Docking a Single Molecule for Pose Reproduction
Agatha Lyczek & Haoyue Guo
Minimization
Dock Minimization Input file: min.in
conformer_search_type rigid use_internal_energy yes internal_energy_rep_exp 12 ligand_atom_file ../01.dockprep/1BJU.lig.mol2 limit_max_ligands no skip_molecule no read_mol_solvation no calculate_rmsd yes use_rmsd_reference_mol yes rmsd_reference_filename ../01.dockprep/1BJU.lig.mol2 use_database_filter no orient_ligand no bump_filter no score_molecules yes contact_score_primary no contact_score_secondary no grid_score_primary yes grid_score_secondary no grid_score_rep_rad_scale 1 grid_score_vdw_scale 1 grid_score_es_scale 1 grid_score_grid_prefix ../03.box-grid/1BJU.grid multigrid_score_secondary no dock3.5_score_secondary no continuous_score_secondary no footprint_similarity_score_secondary no ph4_score_secondary no descriptor_score_secondary no gbsa_zou_score_secondary no gbsa_hawkins_score_secondary no SASA_descriptor_score_secondary no amber_score_secondary no minimize_ligand yes simplex_max_iterations 1000 simplex_tors_premin_iterations 0 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_random_seed 0 simplex_restraint_min yes simplex_coefficient_restraint 10.0 atom_model all vdw_defn_file ../zzz.parameters/vdw.defn flex_defn_file ../zzz.parameters/flex.defn flex_drive_file ../zzz.parameters/flex_drive.tbl ligand_outfile_prefix 1BJU.min write_orientations no num_scored_conformers 1 rank_ligands no
Result:
Rigid docking
To run the input file:
dock6 -i rigid_nr.in
Rigid docking input file: rigid_nr.in
conformer_search_type rigid use_internal_energy yes internal_energy_rep_exp 12 ligand_atom_file ../01.dockprep/1BJU.lig.mol2 limit_max_ligands no skip_molecule no read_mol_solvation no calculate_rmsd yes use_rmsd_reference_mol yes rmsd_reference_filename ../01.dockprep/1BJU.lig.mol2 use_database_filter no orient_ligand yes automated_matching yes receptor_site_file ../02.surface-sphere/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 yes grid_score_secondary no grid_score_rep_rad_scale 1 grid_score_vdw_scale 1 grid_score_es_scale 1 grid_score_grid_prefix ../03.box-grid/1BJU.grid multigrid_score_secondary no dock3.5_score_secondary no continuous_score_secondary no footprint_similarity_score_secondary no ph4_score_secondary no descriptor_score_secondary no gbsa_zou_score_secondary no gbsa_hawkins_score_secondary no SASA_descriptor_score_secondary no amber_score_secondary no minimize_ligand yes simplex_max_iterations 1000 simplex_tors_premin_iterations 0 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_random_seed 0 simplex_restraint_min yes atom_model all vdw_defn_file ../zzz.parameters/vdw.defn flex_defn_file ../zzz.parameters/flex.defn flex_drive_file ../zzz.parameters/flex_drive.tbl ligand_outfile_prefix 1BJU.rigid_nr write_orientations no
Best scored rigid docking result:
Flexible Docking
To run the input file:
dock6 -i flex.in
Flexible docking input file: flex.in
conformer_search_type flex user_specified_anchor no limit_max_anchors no min_anchor_size 5 pruning_use_clustering yes pruning_max_orients 1000 pruning_clustering_cutoff 100 pruning_conformer_score_cutoff 100.0 use_clash_overlap no write_growth_tree no use_internal_energy yes internal_energy_rep_exp 12 ligand_atom_file ../01.dockprep/1BJU.lig.mol2 limit_max_ligands no skip_molecule no read_mol_solvation no calculate_rmsd yes use_rmsd_reference_mol yes rmsd_reference_filename ../01.dockprep/1BJU.lig.mol2 use_database_filter no orient_ligand yes automated_matching yes receptor_site_file ../02.surface-sphere/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 yes grid_score_secondary no grid_score_rep_rad_scale 1 grid_score_vdw_scale 1 grid_score_es_scale 1 grid_score_grid_prefix ../03.box-grid/1BJU.grid multigrid_score_secondary no dock3.5_score_secondary no continuous_score_secondary no footprint_similarity_score_secondary no ph4_score_secondary no descriptor_score_secondary no gbsa_zou_score_secondary no gbsa_hawkins_score_secondary no SASA_descriptor_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
Best scored flexible docking result:
VI. Virtual Screening
Katie Maffucci
DOCK Preparation
Post Processing
VIII. Frequently Encountered Problems
EVERYONE
