Docking cyclic peptides formed by a disulfide bond through a hierarchical strategy. 2022

Huanyu Tao, and Xuejun Zhao, and Keqiong Zhang, and Peicong Lin, and Sheng-You Huang
School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.

Cyclization is a common strategy to enhance the therapeutic potential of peptides. Many cyclic peptide drugs have been approved for clinical use, in which the disulfide-driven cyclic peptide is one of the most prevalent categories. Molecular docking is a powerful computational method to predict the binding modes of molecules. For protein-cyclic peptide docking, a big challenge is considering the flexibility of peptides with conformers constrained by cyclization. Integrating our efficient peptide 3D conformation sampling algorithm MODPEP2.0 and knowledge-based scoring function ITScorePP, we have proposed an extended version of our hierarchical peptide docking algorithm, named HPEPDOCK2.0, to predict the binding modes of the peptide cyclized through a disulfide against a protein. Our HPEPDOCK2.0 approach was extensively evaluated on diverse test sets and compared with the state-of-the-art cyclic peptide docking program AutoDock CrankPep (ADCP). On a benchmark dataset of 18 cyclic peptide-protein complexes, HPEPDOCK2.0 obtained a native contact fraction of above 0.5 for 61% of the cases when the top prediction was considered, compared with 39% for ADCP. On a larger test set of 25 cyclic peptide-protein complexes, HPEPDOCK2.0 yielded a success rate of 44% for the top prediction, compared with 20% for ADCP. In addition, HPEPDOCK2.0 was also validated on two other test sets of 10 and 11 complexes with apo and predicted receptor structures, respectively. HPEPDOCK2.0 is computationally efficient and the average running time for docking a cyclic peptide is about 34 min on a single CPU core, compared with 496 min for ADCP. HPEPDOCK2.0 will facilitate the study of the interaction between cyclic peptides and proteins and the development of therapeutic cyclic peptide drugs. http://huanglab.phys.hust.edu.cn/hpepdock/. Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010455 Peptides Members of the class of compounds composed of AMINO ACIDS joined together by peptide bonds between adjacent amino acids into linear, branched or cyclical structures. OLIGOPEPTIDES are composed of approximately 2-12 amino acids. Polypeptides are composed of approximately 13 or more amino acids. PROTEINS are considered to be larger versions of peptides that can form into complex structures such as ENZYMES and RECEPTORS. Peptide,Polypeptide,Polypeptides
D010456 Peptides, Cyclic Peptides whose amino acid residues are linked together forming a circular chain. Some of them are ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; some are biosynthesized non-ribosomally (PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS, NON-RIBOSOMAL). Circular Peptide,Cyclic Peptide,Cyclic Peptides,Cyclopeptide,Orbitide,Circular Peptides,Cyclopeptides,Orbitides,Peptide, Circular,Peptide, Cyclic,Peptides, Circular
D011485 Protein Binding The process in which substances, either endogenous or exogenous, bind to proteins, peptides, enzymes, protein precursors, or allied compounds. Specific protein-binding measures are often used as assays in diagnostic assessments. Plasma Protein Binding Capacity,Binding, Protein
D011506 Proteins Linear POLYPEPTIDES that are synthesized on RIBOSOMES and may be further modified, crosslinked, cleaved, or assembled into complex proteins with several subunits. The specific sequence of AMINO ACIDS determines the shape the polypeptide will take, during PROTEIN FOLDING, and the function of the protein. Gene Products, Protein,Gene Proteins,Protein,Protein Gene Products,Proteins, Gene
D004220 Disulfides Chemical groups containing the covalent disulfide bonds -S-S-. The sulfur atoms can be bound to inorganic or organic moieties. Disulfide
D012984 Software Sequential operating programs and data which instruct the functioning of a digital computer. Computer Programs,Computer Software,Open Source Software,Software Engineering,Software Tools,Computer Applications Software,Computer Programs and Programming,Computer Software Applications,Application, Computer Software,Applications Software, Computer,Applications Softwares, Computer,Applications, Computer Software,Computer Applications Softwares,Computer Program,Computer Software Application,Engineering, Software,Open Source Softwares,Program, Computer,Programs, Computer,Software Application, Computer,Software Applications, Computer,Software Tool,Software, Computer,Software, Computer Applications,Software, Open Source,Softwares, Computer Applications,Softwares, Open Source,Source Software, Open,Source Softwares, Open,Tool, Software,Tools, Software
D062105 Molecular Docking Simulation A computer simulation technique that is used to model the interaction between two molecules. Typically the docking simulation measures the interactions of a small molecule or ligand with a part of a larger molecule such as a protein. Molecular Docking,Molecular Docking Simulations,Molecular Docking Analysis,Analysis, Molecular Docking,Docking Analysis, Molecular,Docking Simulation, Molecular,Docking, Molecular,Molecular Docking Analyses,Molecular Dockings,Simulation, Molecular Docking

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