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10.18 Dock to Atomic Property Fields
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Available in the following product(s): ICM-Pro | ICM-VLS | ICM-Chemist-Pro

The Atomic Property Fields (APF) superposition/alignment method was first reported by Maxim Totrov PhD (Principal Scientist - MolSoft) at the 2007 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL USA and then published here.

APF is a 3D pharmacophoric potential implemented on a grid. APF can be generated from one or multiple ligands and seven properties are assigned from empiric physico-chemical components (hydrogen bond donors, acceptors, Sp2 hybridization, lipophilicity, size, electropositive/negative and charge).Here we describe template APF superposition whereby the APF is generated from a single or multiple template and is then globally optimized with the internal force-field energy of the ligand.

Step 1: Read in the chemicals that will make up the Atomic Property Field you wish to dock to.

Step 2: Certain regions of the pocket can be excluded from docking by selecting an excluded volume.

Step 3: Select the ligands you wish to generate an APF field for.

Step 4: Setup the APF template. The APF parameters are:
  • wAPF = relative weight of APF with respect to internal force-field energy. Adjusts tolerance to strain relative to enforcement of chemical alignment.
  • wLipo = relative weight of lipophilic atoms.
  • wPolar = relative weight of polar atoms.
  • rAPF = radius of APF gaussians. Can be used to adjust 'softness'/tolerance of molecular alignment.
  • grid step = use with caution, potentially can be reduced to allow very 'sharp' alignments.

Step 5: The APF maps are listed in the ICM Workspace left hand side.

Step 6: Select the ligand you wish to dock into the APF maps.

Step 7: Dock the ligand using the ligand docking button and note the Score.

Step 8: Visualize the APF maps.


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