CENsible: Interpretable Insights into Small-Molecule Binding with Context Explanation Networks

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We present a novel and interpretable approach for assessing small-molecule binding using context explanation networks. Given the specific structure of a protein/ligand complex, our CENsible scoring function uses a deep convolutional neural network to predict the contributions of precalculated terms to the overall binding affinity. We show that CENsible can effectively distinguish active vs inactive compounds for many systems. Its primary benefit over related machine-learning scoring functions, however, is that it retains interpretability, allowing researchers to identify the contribution of each precalculated term to the final affinity prediction, with implications for subsequent lead optimization.

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Bhatt, R., Koes, D. R., & Durrant, J. D. (2024). CENsible: Interpretable Insights into Small-Molecule Binding with Context Explanation Networks. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 64(12), 4651–4660. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.4c00825

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