Performance evaluation of structure based and ligand based virtual screening methods on ten selected anti-cancer targets. Issue 20 (15th October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ramasamy, Thilagavathi; Selvam, Chelliah
• Is Part Of: Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters. Volume 25:Issue 20(2015)
• Page Start: 4632
• Page End: 4636
• Publication Date: 2015-10-15
• Subjects: Structure based -- Ligand based -- Virtual screening -- Docking -- DEKOIS -- Anti-cancer targets; Bioorganic chemistry -- Periodicals; Pharmaceutical chemistry -- Periodicals; 572
• DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.08.040
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0960-894X

Abstract

Graphical abstract: Abstract: Virtual screening has become an important tool in drug discovery process. Structure based and ligand based approaches are generally used in virtual screening process. To date, several benchmark sets for evaluating the performance of the virtual screening tool are available. In this study, our aim is to compare the performance of both structure based and ligand based virtual screening methods. Ten anti-cancer targets and their corresponding benchmark sets from 'Demanding Evaluation Kits for Objective In silico Screening' (DEKOIS) library were selected. X-ray crystal structures of protein–ligand complexes were selected based on their resolution. Openeye tools such as FRED, vROCS were used and the results were carefully analyzed. At EF1%, vROCS produced better results but at EF5% and EF10%, both FRED and ROCS produced almost similar results. It was noticed that the enrichment factor values were decreased while going from EF1% to EF5% and EF10% in many cases.