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UsingParallelCompu4nginDrugDesign

RichardA.Brown,St.OlafElizabethShoop,MacalesterCollegeSuzanneJ.MaFhews,WestPointJoelC.Adams,CalvinCollege

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Howdopharmaceu4calcompaniesdesignthemedicinesweuse?

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Howmedicineswork

•  OurDNAislikeabookofrecipes

•  Insteadoffood,DNAcontainstheinstruc4onsformakingproteinsinourbodies

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Howmedicineswork

•  Aprotein’sshapedeterminesthefunc4onitperformsinaperson’sbody

•  Todesignadrug,wecanfindligands(newpieces)tochangeaprotein’sshape

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Howmedicineswork

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StrategyfordrugdesignsoVware

1.   Generateligandstotryforpar4cularprotein–  Someligandswillfit,somewon’t

2.  Computeascoreforeachligandthatsimulateshowwellitwill:–  fitthatprotein;and–  produceadesiredshapechange

3.  Iden4fythehighestscoringligandsforactualsynthesis(produc4on)andtes4ng

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DrugdesignexemplarcodeAprogramstructuredlikedrugdesignsoVware

1.   Generateligandstotryforpar4cularprotein–  Randomcharacterstringsofrandomlengths

2.  Computeascoreforeachligand–  Compareformaximummatch

withstringrepresen4ngaprotein–  Inser4onsanddele4onsallowed

3.  Iden4fythehighestscoringligands

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AprogramstructuredlikedrugdesignsoVware1.   Generateligandstotryforpar4cularprotein–  Fast

2.  Computeascoreforeachligand–  Takesalong4me–  ParallelizebyusingmulAple

computaAonthreadsfordifferentligands

3.  Iden4fythehighestscoringligands–  Fast–justsortandfindmaximum

Drugdesignexemplarcode

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DrugdesignexemplarcodeCommand-linearguments:

./drugdesign-sta4cthreadsmaxlencount •  threadsisnumberofsimultaneousthreads•  maxlenismaximumlengthofaligand– Eachligandhasrandomlengthuptothismax

•  countisnumberofligandstoscore