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@article{citeulike:431004, abstract = {To compare virtual and high-throughput screening in an unbiased way, 50,000 compounds were docked into the 3-dimensional structure of dihydrofolate reductase prospectively, and the results were compared to a subsequent experimental screening of the same library. Undertaking these calculations demanded careful database curation and control calculations with annotated inhibitors. These ultimately led to a ranked list of more likely and less likely inhibitors and to the prediction that relatively few inhibitors would be found in the empirical screen. The latter prediction turned out to be correct, with arguably no validated inhibitors found experimentally. Subsequent retesting of high-scoring docked molecules may have found 2 true inhibitors, although this remains uncertain due to experimental ambiguities. The implications of this study for screening campaigns are considered.}, address = {University of California, San Francisco, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 1700 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94143-2550, USA.}, author = {Brenk, R. and Irwin, J. J. and Shoichet, B. K.}, citeulike-article-id = {431004}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1087057105281047}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jbx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/7/667}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16170052}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16170052}, doi = {10.1177/1087057105281047}, issn = {1087-0571}, journal = {J Biomol Screen}, keywords = {chemoinformatics, computational, docking, protein}, month = {October}, number = {7}, pages = {667--674}, posted-at = {2005-12-09 02:08:09}, priority = {2}, title = {Here be dragons: docking and screening in an uncharted region of chemical space.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1087057105281047}, volume = {10}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:431004 L3 - citeulike-article-id:431004 N2 - To compare virtual and high-throughput screening in an unbiased way, 50,000 compounds were docked into the 3-dimensional structure of dihydrofolate reductase prospectively, and the results were compared to a subsequent experimental screening of the same library. Undertaking these calculations demanded careful database curation and control calculations with annotated inhibitors. These ultimately led to a ranked list of more likely and less likely inhibitors and to the prediction that relatively few inhibitors would be found in the empirical screen. The latter prediction turned out to be correct, with arguably no validated inhibitors found experimentally. Subsequent retesting of high-scoring docked molecules may have found 2 true inhibitors, although this remains uncertain due to experimental ambiguities. The implications of this study for screening campaigns are considered. IS - 7 JF - J Biomol Screen SN - 1087-0571 AD - University of California, San Francisco, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 1700 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94143-2550, USA. EP - 674 TI - Here be dragons: docking and screening in an uncharted region of chemical space. VL - 10 SP - 667 KW - chemoinformatics KW - computational KW - docking KW - protein AU - Brenk, R AU - Irwin, JJ AU - Shoichet, BK PY - 2005/10// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1087057105281047 ER -