DEKOIS: demanding evaluation kits for objective in silico screening--a versatile tool for benchmarking docking programs and scoring functions

J Chem Inf Model. 2011 Oct 24;51(10):2650-65. doi: 10.1021/ci2001549. Epub 2011 Aug 18.

Abstract

For widely applied in silico screening techniques success depends on the rational selection of an appropriate method. We herein present a fast, versatile, and robust method to construct demanding evaluation kits for objective in silico screening (DEKOIS). This automated process enables creating tailor-made decoy sets for any given sets of bioactives. It facilitates a target-dependent validation of docking algorithms and scoring functions helping to save time and resources. We have developed metrics for assessing and improving decoy set quality and employ them to investigate how decoy embedding affects docking. We demonstrate that screening performance is target-dependent and can be impaired by latent actives in the decoy set (LADS) or enhanced by poor decoy embedding. The presented method allows extending and complementing the collection of publicly available high quality decoy sets toward new target space. All present and future DEKOIS data sets will be made accessible at www.dekois.com.

MeSH terms

  • Benchmarking / methods*
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Computational Biology / methods*
  • Databases, Factual
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods*
  • Humans
  • Ligands
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Protein Conformation
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Proteins / metabolism
  • ROC Curve

Substances

  • Ligands
  • Proteins