CavitySpace: A Database of Potential Ligand Binding Sites in the Human Proteome.

ABSTRACT: Location and properties of ligand binding sites provide important information to uncover protein functions and to direct structure-based drug design approaches. However, as binding site detection depends on the three-dimensional (3D) structural data of proteins, functional analysis based on protein ligand binding sites is formidable for proteins without structural information. Recent developments in protein structure prediction and the 3D structures built by AlphaFold provide an unprecedented opportunity for analyzing ligand binding sites in human proteins. Here, we constructed the CavitySpace database, the first pocket library for all the proteins in the human proteome, using a widely-applied ligand binding site detection program CAVITY. Our analysis showed that known ligand binding sites

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9312471 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature