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Short Communication

How to Solve the Problems of Docking into a Symmetric Binding Site: The Example of the hERG Channel

by
Andrea SCHIESARO
,
Lars RICHTER
and
Gerhard F. ECKER
*
University of Vienna, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sci. Pharm. 2013, 81(3), 677-682; https://doi.org/10.3797/scipharm.1307-01
Submission received: 1 July 2013 / Accepted: 31 July 2013 / Published: 31 July 2013
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Abstract

Many proteins, such as the hERG K+ channel or the HIV-1 protease, have a high degree of rotational symmetry. If the binding site of a ligand is composed of symmetrical subunits, the analysis of the docking poses of ligands is quite challenging. In the case of hERG, the four-fold symmetry of the entire channel is fully reflected in the binding site, which allows up to four poses with different coordinates of the ligand, but an identical interaction pattern. In light of our docking studies into the hERG potassium channel, we developed an algorithm (ROTALI) to detect the poses that are duplicates due to the symmetry of the channel. This led to a reduction in the number of poses to be considered in the subsequent steps by up to 52%.
Keywords: Symmetric Binding site; Docking; Duplicate poses; hERG Symmetric Binding site; Docking; Duplicate poses; hERG

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SCHIESARO, A.; RICHTER, L.; ECKER, G.F. How to Solve the Problems of Docking into a Symmetric Binding Site: The Example of the hERG Channel. Sci. Pharm. 2013, 81, 677-682. https://doi.org/10.3797/scipharm.1307-01

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SCHIESARO A, RICHTER L, ECKER GF. How to Solve the Problems of Docking into a Symmetric Binding Site: The Example of the hERG Channel. Scientia Pharmaceutica. 2013; 81(3):677-682. https://doi.org/10.3797/scipharm.1307-01

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SCHIESARO, Andrea, Lars RICHTER, and Gerhard F. ECKER. 2013. "How to Solve the Problems of Docking into a Symmetric Binding Site: The Example of the hERG Channel" Scientia Pharmaceutica 81, no. 3: 677-682. https://doi.org/10.3797/scipharm.1307-01

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SCHIESARO, A., RICHTER, L., & ECKER, G. F. (2013). How to Solve the Problems of Docking into a Symmetric Binding Site: The Example of the hERG Channel. Scientia Pharmaceutica, 81(3), 677-682. https://doi.org/10.3797/scipharm.1307-01

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