WScore Beta

Advanced docking and scoring solution powered by water network analysis

WScore Beta

Improve the accuracy of protein-ligand poses by leveraging explicit water energetics

WScore is a sophisticated solution for protein–ligand docking and scoring that leverages explicit water energetics in the binding site to more accurately score ligand poses. When used as part of a modern large-scale virtual screening workflow that includes Active Learning Glide docking and highly accurate Absolute Binding FEP+ calculations (ABFEP+), WScore can efficiently rescore and prioritize ligands to improve hit enrichment rates.

Perform enhanced pose prediction

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Generate more reliable predictions of ligand binding poses by incorporating a flexible description of explicit water molecules
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Improve the identification and optimization of potential binding modes needed for the development of potent and selective compounds

Accurately score leads to improve rank ordering

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Incorporate WScore into a virtual screening funnel to accurately rescore ligands in order to more effectively prioritize compounds for experimental testing or more advanced ABFEP+ scoring

Reduce false positives in virtual screens

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Reduce false positives by filtering out compounds that are incompatible with the target binding site
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Synthesize and test dramatically fewer compounds as a result of a more efficient virtual screening process

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Dramatically improving hit rates with a modern virtual screening workflow

Expect success: Modern virtual screening technologies that actually deliver high-quality, developable hits

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Publications

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Discovery of a novel mutant-selective epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor using in silico enabled drug discovery platform
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Spectroscopic studies, antimicrobial activity, and computational investigations of hydrazone ligands endowed metal chelates
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Structures of synaptic vesicle protein 2A and 2B bound to anticonvulsants
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FEP augmentation as a means to solve data paucity problems for machine learning in chemical biology
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Structure–activity relationship of a pyrrole based series of PfPKG inhibitors as anti-malarials
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AutoDesigner – Core Design, a de novo design algorithm for chemical scaffolds: Application to the design and synthesis of novel selective Wee1 inhibitors
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Robust prediction of relative binding energies for protein-protein complex mutations using free energy perturbation calculations
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In silico enabled discovery of KAI-11101, a preclinical DLK inhibitor for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease and neuronal injury
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In Vitro and In Silico Studies of Antimicrobial, and Antioxidant Activities of Chemically Characterized Essential Oil of Artemisia flahaultii L. (Asteraceae)
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Structural basis of odorant recognition by a human odorant receptor

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