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  • Title: Calculation of protein-ligand binding free energy using smooth reaction path generation (SRPG) method: a comparison of the explicit water model, gb/sa model and docking score function.
    Author: Mitomo D, Fukunishi Y, Higo J, Nakamura H.
    Journal: Genome Inform; 2009 Oct; 23(1):85-97. PubMed ID: 20180264.
    Abstract:
    We compared the protein-ligand binding free energies (G) obtained by the explicit water model, the MM-GB/SA (molecular-mechanics generalized Born surface area) model, and the docking scoring function. The free energies by the explicit water model and the MM-GB/SA model were calculated by the previously developed Smooth Reaction Path Generation (SRPG) method. In the SRPG method, a smooth reaction path was generated by linking two coordinates, one a bound state and the other an unbound state. The free energy surface along the path was calculated by a molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, and the binding free energy was estimated from the free energy surface. We applied these methods to the streptavidin-and-biotin system. The G value by the explicit water model was close to the experimental value. The G value by the MM-GB/SA model was overestimated and that by the scoring function was underestimated. The free energy surface by the explicit water model was close to that by the GB/SA model around the bound state (distances of < 6 A), but the discrepancy appears at distances of > 6 A. Thus, the difference in long-range Coulomb interaction should cause the error in G. The scoring function cannot take into account the entropy change of the protein. Thus, the error of G could depend on the target protein.
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