Rational Design of Thermodynamic and Kinetic Binding Profiles by Optimizing Surface Water Networks Coating Protein-Bound Ligands
Krimmer S, Cramer J, Betz M, Fridh V, Karlsson R, Heine A, Klebe G. Rational Design of Thermodynamic and Kinetic Binding Profiles by Optimizing Surface Water Networks Coating Protein-Bound Ligands. Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry 2016, 59: 10530-10548. PMID: 27933956, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifferent hydrophobic substituentsKinetic binding profilesProtein-bound ligandsParent ligandSurface plasmon resonanceWater moleculesProtein-bound inhibitorThermolysin inhibitorsHigh-resolution crystallographyCongeneric seriesRational designWater networkMD simulationsHydrophobic substituentsPlasmon resonanceSubstituentsAffinity enhancementLigandsWater polygonsWater layerSurface water networkSurface water layerBinding signatureResidence timeCrystallography