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DeepFrag: An Open-Source Browser App for Deep-Learning Lead Optimization

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, ISSN: 1549-960X, Vol: 61, Issue: 6, Page: 2523-2529
2021
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DeepFrag: fragment optimization by machine learning

Machine learning is becoming increasingly common in drug discovery. Just a few months ago we highlighted its use to design a library of privileged fragments. However, constructing a library is usually done infrequently (though continued renovation of a library is always a good idea). In two papers from earlier this year, Jacob Durrant and colleagues at University of Pittsburgh use machine learning

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Lead optimization, a critical step in early stage drug discovery, involves making chemical modifications to a small-molecule ligand to improve properties such as binding affinity. We recently developed DeepFrag, a deep-learning model capable of recommending such modifications. Though a powerful hypothesis-generating tool, DeepFrag is currently implemented in Python and so requires a certain degree of computational expertise. To encourage broader adoption, we have created the DeepFrag browser app, which provides a user-friendly graphical user interface that runs the DeepFrag model in users' web browsers. The browser app does not require users to upload their molecular structures to a third-party server, nor does it require the separate installation of any third-party software. We are hopeful that the app will be a useful tool for both researchers and students. It can be accessed free of charge, without registration, at http://durrantlab.com/deepfrag. The source code is also available at http://git.durrantlab.com/jdurrant/deepfrag-app, released under the terms of the open-source Apache License, Version 2.0.

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Green, Harrison; Durrant, Jacob D

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Chemistry; Chemical Engineering; Computer Science; Social Sciences

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