FAIRMol

MK179

Pose ID 13192 Compound 234 Pose 313

DB SELECTIONDocking pose analysis is being read from this database.
Molecular metrics status: done
RDKit SASA-based burial metrics are cached.
SASA cached
T20
T. brucei TR (Z-site (fragment hotspot)) T. brucei Z-site (fragment hotspot)
Ligand MK179
PDB9IFH

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Strict H-bonds Permissive H-bonds
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Protein receptor
Pocket residues
Cofactor context
Docked ligand
Overall assessment
Reject SASA cached
Likely artefact or unreliable pose
Binding strong Geometry high Native strong SASA done
Strain ΔE
28.6 kcal/mol
Protein clashes
2
Internal clashes
2
Native overlap
contact recall 0.75, Jaccard 0.33, H-bond role recall 1.00
Burial
68%
Hydrophobic fit
61%
Reason: no major geometry red flags detected
2 protein-contact clashes 35% of hydrophobic surface appears solvent-exposed (7/20 atoms). Partial exposure is common but may limit selectivity and membrane permeability.
Molecular report
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Reject Multiple quality flags — this pose should be deprioritised or discarded.
✓ Excellent LE (-0.585 kcal/mol/HA) ✓ Good fit quality (FQ -5.64) ✓ Good H-bonds (4 bonds) ✓ Deep burial (68% SASA buried) ✓ Lipophilic contacts well-matched (61%) ✗ High strain energy (28.6 kcal/mol) ✗ Geometry warnings ✗ Protein-contact clashes (5) ✗ Many internal clashes (10)
Score
-17.554
kcal/mol
LE
-0.585
kcal/mol/HA
Fit Quality
-5.64
FQ (Leeson)
HAC
30
heavy atoms
MW
458
Da
LogP
2.66
cLogP
Strain ΔE
28.6 kcal/mol
SASA buried
68%
Lipo contact
61% BSA apolar/total
SASA unbound
707 Ų
Apolar buried
292 Ų

Interaction summary

HB 4 HY 15 PI 0 CLASH 2 ⚠ Exposure 35%

HB · H-bonds

Mode: strict. Count shows atom-level H-bonds; unique residues in summary: 0.

PI · π–π interactions

No pi · π–π interactions detected for this pose.

HY · Hydrophobic contacts

CLASH · Clashes

⚠️Partial hydrophobic solvent exposure
35% of hydrophobic surface appears solvent-exposed (7/20 atoms). Partial exposure is common but may limit selectivity and membrane permeability.
Non-polar atoms 20 Buried (contacted) 13 Exposed 7 LogP 2.66 H-bonds 4
Exposed fragments: phenyl (6/6 atoms exposed)aliphatic chain/group (1 atom exposed)
Final rank1.345Score-17.554
Inter norm-0.690Intra norm0.096
Top1000noExcludedno
Contacts16H-bonds4
Artifact reasongeometry warning; 10 clashes; 5 protein contact clashes; moderate strain Δ 28.6
Residues
ARG472 GLU466 GLU467 HIS461 LEU399 MET393 MET400 MET471 PHE396 PRO398 PRO462 SER394 SER464 SER470 THR463 THR473

Native ligand reference

★ reference
Interaction fingerprint calculated directly from the uploaded native ligand without docking. Current H-bond mode: strict.
Name9IFHContacts8
PoseOpen native poseHB0
IFP residues
ASN402 GLU467 LEU399 PHE396 PRO398 SER394 SER470 THR397
Current overlap6Native recall0.75
Jaccard0.33RMSD-
HB strict1Strict recall0.50
HB same residue+role1HB role recall1.00
HB same residue1HB residue recall1.00

Protein summary

492 residues
Protein targetT20Atoms7539
Residues492Chains1
Residue summaryVAL:768; LYS:704; LEU:703; ILE:532; GLU:450; THR:434; ARG:408; PHE:400; ALA:390; ASN:350; PRO:350; GLY:336; SER:319; TYR:294; ASP:264; MET:221

Receptor context

1 kept / 0 excluded
Receptor context filtering: interactions and SASA are computed against protein atoms plus allowed cofactors/ions. Native ligand-like HETATM partners are excluded from scoring.
Kept context 1 Excluded HETATM 0
Kept cofactors / ions
A:FAD501

All stored poses for this docking hit

PoseFinal rankInter normScoreHBCTCT overlapCT recallHB role rec.RMSDExcluded
258 0.25042243857344604 -1.14891 -31.0205 5 13 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
264 1.0927050169268024 -1.00795 -24.7925 4 14 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
235 1.1073660704846975 -0.900181 -23.0605 5 17 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
257 1.107384658545134 -0.819468 -19.7407 2 17 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
313 1.3452488083914984 -0.690473 -17.5537 4 16 6 0.75 1.00 - no Current
252 1.4292786430260862 -0.917081 -25.3234 6 21 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
330 1.622607140224942 -0.920565 -25.7973 2 18 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
281 1.8373311043657956 -0.808595 -21.8267 3 15 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
206 1.8644199550012546 -0.798056 -18.2624 8 14 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
361 2.311042942916434 -0.848092 -25.1719 4 12 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
261 2.5727308749693383 -0.803338 -20.2039 2 12 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
224 2.7169060620044525 -1.02158 -27.5832 9 18 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
234 3.995775267533372 -1.22318 -34.5475 13 21 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open

Molecular metrics

RDKit SASA burial, strain energy (MMFF94s), ligand efficiency and fit quality for this docking pose.
✓ Metrics available

Scoring & efficiency

Docking score -17.554kcal/mol
Ligand efficiency (LE) -0.5851kcal/mol/HA
Score / heavy atom count
Fit quality (FQ) -5.644
LE / (0.072 + 0.95/HAC) — Leeson & Springthorpe
Heavy atom count 30HA

Physicochemical properties

Molecular weight 457.6Da
Lipinski: ≤ 500 Da
LogP (cLogP) 2.66
Lipinski: ≤ 5
Rotatable bonds 6

Conformational strain (MMFF94s)

Strain energy (ΔE) 28.63kcal/mol
< 5 good · 5–10 marginal · > 10 problematic
Docked FF energy 77.34kcal/mol
Minimised FF energy 48.71kcal/mol

SASA & burial

✓ computed
SASA (unbound) 707.3Ų
Total solvent-accessible surface area of free ligand
BSA total 479.0Ų
Buried surface area upon binding
BSA apolar 292.2Ų
Hydrophobic contacts buried
BSA polar 186.8Ų
Polar contacts buried
Fraction buried 67.7%
> 60 % indicates good pocket engagement
Lipophilic contact ratio 61.0%
BSA apolar / BSA total — high = hydrophobic driver
Δ Non-polar SASA -3053.7Ų
SASA_nonpolar(complex) − SASA_nonpolar(receptor) − SASA_nonpolar(ligand free). Negative = non-polar surface buried upon binding. Requires full polarity-decomposed SASA computation.
Receptor non-polar SASA 4069.8Ų
Non-polar SASA of receptor alone (VdW proxy, nonpolar atoms only)
Complex non-polar SASA 1488.8Ų
Non-polar SASA of full complex (VdW proxy, nonpolar atoms only)