FAIRMol

MK21

Pose ID 8308 Compound 510 Pose 178

DB SELECTIONDocking pose analysis is being read from this database.
Molecular metrics status: done
RDKit SASA-based burial metrics are cached.
SASA cached
T13
T. brucei ODC (Active site) T. brucei Active site
Ligand MK21
PDB1F3T

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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
Promising but geometrically suspicious
Binding strong Geometry low Native strong SASA done
Strain ΔE
40.1 kcal/mol
Protein clashes
0
Internal clashes
14
Native overlap
contact recall 0.84, Jaccard 0.70, H-bond role recall 0.57
Burial
78%
Hydrophobic fit
83%
Reason: 14 internal clashes
14 intramolecular clashes 73% of hydrophobic surface is solvent-exposed (19/26 atoms). Large non-polar area without protein contacts incurs a desolvation penalty and will reduce binding affinity. Consider truncating or replacing the exposed fragment.
Molecular report
Full metrics ↗
Reject Multiple quality flags — this pose should be deprioritised or discarded.
✓ Excellent LE (-0.764 kcal/mol/HA) ✓ Good fit quality (FQ -7.65) ✓ Strong H-bond network (6 bonds) ✓ Deep burial (78% SASA buried) ✓ Lipophilic contacts well-matched (83%) ✗ Extreme strain energy (40.1 kcal/mol) ✗ Geometry warnings ✗ Many internal clashes (14)
Score
-25.991
kcal/mol
LE
-0.764
kcal/mol/HA
Fit Quality
-7.65
FQ (Leeson)
HAC
34
heavy atoms
MW
489
Da
LogP
2.38
cLogP
Strain ΔE
40.1 kcal/mol
SASA buried
78%
Lipo contact
83% BSA apolar/total
SASA unbound
736 Ų
Apolar buried
475 Ų

Interaction summary

HB 6 HY 1 PI 1 CLASH 0 ⚠ Exposure 73%

HB · H-bonds

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

PI · π–π interactions

Native π–π recall is disabled because no explicit native π–π reference was stored.

HY · Hydrophobic contacts

CLASH · Clashes

No clash · clashes detected for this pose.
🚨Solvent-exposed hydrophobic surface — desolvation penalty likely
73% of hydrophobic surface is solvent-exposed (19/26 atoms). Large non-polar area without protein contacts incurs a desolvation penalty and will reduce binding affinity. Consider truncating or replacing the exposed fragment.
Non-polar atoms 26 Buried (contacted) 7 Exposed 19 LogP 2.38 H-bonds 6
Exposed fragments: phenyl (6/6 atoms exposed)phenyl (5/6 atoms exposed)phenyl (4/6 atoms exposed)aliphatic chain/group (6 atoms exposed)
Final rank4.807Score-25.991
Inter norm-0.807Intra norm0.043
Top1000noExcludedno
Contacts20H-bonds6
Artifact reasongeometry warning; 14 clashes; 3 protein clashes; high strain Δ 40.1
Residues
ALA67 ARG154 ARG277 ASP332 CYS164 CYS70 GLU274 GLY199 GLY236 GLY237 GLY276 HIS197 HIS333 LYS69 PHE170 PHE238 PRO275 SER200 TYR278 TYR389

Native ligand reference

★ reference
Interaction fingerprint calculated directly from the uploaded native ligand without docking. Current H-bond mode: strict.
Name1F3TContacts19
PoseOpen native poseHB0
IFP residues
ALA111 ALA67 ARG154 ARG277 ASP332 ASP88 CYS70 GLU274 GLY236 GLY237 GLY276 HIS197 LYS69 PHE238 PRO275 SER200 TYR278 TYR331 TYR389
Current overlap16Native recall0.84
Jaccard0.70RMSD-
HB strict4Strict recall0.44
HB same residue+role4HB role recall0.57
HB same residue4HB residue recall0.57

Protein summary

411 residues
Protein targetT13Atoms6340
Residues411Chains1
Residue summaryVAL:624; LEU:551; LYS:506; ARG:480; PHE:460; ILE:418; ASP:348; GLU:332; THR:322; TYR:315; PRO:308; ALA:290; SER:264; GLY:224; ASN:210; GLN:170

All stored poses for this docking hit

PoseFinal rankInter normScoreHBCTCT overlapCT recallHB role rec.RMSDExcluded
299 1.270277674689491 -0.790782 -24.7584 3 14 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
271 1.4905750210783255 -0.6785 -19.7342 5 13 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
241 2.70855588526072 -0.732684 -25.8713 2 20 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
318 2.871521513199985 -0.85308 -25.8906 4 19 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
201 3.5286327739905885 -0.910439 -24.7912 13 17 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
378 3.547138483489836 -0.690767 -21.3722 3 14 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
351 4.3080426726830545 -0.782028 -25.3532 5 17 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
178 4.807072804978598 -0.807497 -25.9908 6 20 16 0.84 0.57 - no Current
298 5.138774342532221 -0.552763 -15.3157 8 10 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 -25.991kcal/mol
Ligand efficiency (LE) -0.7644kcal/mol/HA
Score / heavy atom count
Fit quality (FQ) -7.649
LE / (0.072 + 0.95/HAC) — Leeson & Springthorpe
Heavy atom count 34HA

Physicochemical properties

Molecular weight 488.7Da
Lipinski: ≤ 500 Da
LogP (cLogP) 2.38
Lipinski: ≤ 5
Rotatable bonds 7

Conformational strain (MMFF94s)

Strain energy (ΔE) 40.15kcal/mol
< 5 good · 5–10 marginal · > 10 problematic
Docked FF energy 82.42kcal/mol
Minimised FF energy 42.28kcal/mol

SASA & burial

✓ computed
SASA (unbound) 735.5Ų
Total solvent-accessible surface area of free ligand
BSA total 572.6Ų
Buried surface area upon binding
BSA apolar 474.6Ų
Hydrophobic contacts buried
BSA polar 98.1Ų
Polar contacts buried
Fraction buried 77.9%
> 60 % indicates good pocket engagement
Lipophilic contact ratio 82.9%
BSA apolar / BSA total — high = hydrophobic driver
Δ Non-polar SASA -2706.6Ų
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 3461.2Ų
Non-polar SASA of receptor alone (VdW proxy, nonpolar atoms only)
Complex non-polar SASA 1385.4Ų
Non-polar SASA of full complex (VdW proxy, nonpolar atoms only)