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Computer aided ligand-based and receptor-based drug design utilizing molecular shape and electrostatic complementarity

US8200439B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 14, 2010
Grant dateJun 12, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG16C20/50
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods related to the generation of shape signatures representing molecular shape, and using shape signatures in both ligand-based and receptor-based molecular design. Ray-tracing is used to explore the volume interior to a ligand, or the space exterior to a receptor site. Shape signatures are then probability distributions derived from the ray-traces. Shape signatures provide condensed descriptors of shape properties readily compared to each other to test for shape similarity or complementarity.

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