FAIRMol

MK221

Pose ID 9123 Compound 649 Pose 315

DB SELECTIONDocking pose analysis is being read from this database.
Molecular metrics status: done
RDKit SASA-based burial metrics are cached.
SASA cached
T14
T. brucei ODC (G418 binding site) T. brucei G418 binding site
Ligand MK221
PDB1NJJ

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Strict H-bonds Permissive H-bonds
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Protein receptor
Pocket residues
Cofactor context
Docked ligand
Overall assessment
Weak SASA cached
Weak or marginal quality
Binding strong Geometry high Native strong SASA done
Strain ΔE
20.9 kcal/mol
Protein clashes
1
Internal clashes
1
Native overlap
contact recall 0.80, Jaccard 0.63, H-bond role recall 0.40
Burial
75%
Hydrophobic fit
81%
Reason: no major geometry red flags detected
1 protein-contact clashes 69% of hydrophobic surface is solvent-exposed (18/26 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 ↗
Weak Marginal quality. Consider only alongside better-scoring alternatives.
✓ Excellent LE (-0.619 kcal/mol/HA) ✓ Good fit quality (FQ -6.14) ✓ Strong H-bond network (11 bonds) ✓ Deep burial (75% SASA buried) ✓ Lipophilic contacts well-matched (81%) ✗ High strain energy (20.9 kcal/mol) ✗ Geometry warnings ✗ Many internal clashes (11)
Score
-20.435
kcal/mol
LE
-0.619
kcal/mol/HA
Fit Quality
-6.14
FQ (Leeson)
HAC
33
heavy atoms
MW
452
Da
LogP
4.67
cLogP
Strain ΔE
20.9 kcal/mol
SASA buried
75%
Lipo contact
81% BSA apolar/total
SASA unbound
792 Ų
Apolar buried
479 Ų

Interaction summary

HB 11 HY 8 PI 0 CLASH 1 ⚠ Exposure 69%
🚨Solvent-exposed hydrophobic surface — desolvation penalty likely
69% of hydrophobic surface is solvent-exposed (18/26 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) 8 Exposed 18 LogP 4.67 H-bonds 11
Exposed fragments: phenyl (6/6 atoms exposed)phenyl (5/6 atoms exposed)phenyl (2/5 atoms exposed)aliphatic chain/group (7 atoms exposed)
Final rank3.324Score-20.435
Inter norm-0.726Intra norm0.107
Top1000noExcludedno
Contacts16H-bonds11
Artifact reasongeometry warning; 11 clashes; 2 protein clashes; moderate strain Δ 20.8
Residues
ARG22 ARG242 ARG342 ASP243 ASP385 CYS26 GLN341 GLU343 GLU384 LEU25 LEU382 PRO340 SER282 THR21 THR241 THR285

Protein summary

398 residues
Protein targetT14Atoms6140
Residues398Chains1
Residue summaryVAL:592; LEU:513; LYS:484; ARG:432; PHE:420; ILE:418; ASP:349; THR:322; TYR:315; PRO:308; GLU:301; ALA:290; SER:253; GLY:217; ASN:210; GLN:170

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:ORX602

Native ligand reference

★ reference
Interaction fingerprint calculated directly from the uploaded native ligand without docking. Current H-bond mode: strict.
Name1NJJContacts15
PoseOpen native poseHB0
IFP residues
ARG22 ARG242 ARG337 ARG342 ASP243 ASP385 GLN341 GLU384 LEU25 LEU339 LEU382 PRO340 PRO344 SER282 THR241
Current overlap12Native recall0.80
Jaccard0.63RMSD-
HB strict2Strict recall0.33
HB same residue+role2HB role recall0.40
HB same residue3HB residue recall0.60

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

All stored poses for this docking hit

PoseFinal rankInter normScoreHBCTCT overlapCT recallHB role rec.RMSDExcluded
268 0.974102900606285 -0.753355 -22.1827 4 20 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
275 2.048310136114584 -0.934394 -26.071 5 15 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
315 3.3238944949654337 -0.72587 -20.4346 11 16 12 0.80 0.40 - no Current
291 3.5287369862351285 -0.96868 -26.5329 9 18 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
314 3.6667135220935343 -0.697525 -18.9353 6 19 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
211 4.016080999071254 -0.860195 -23.0569 14 18 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
218 4.624022710023361 -0.952362 -25.0393 11 18 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
322 4.667651235211368 -0.611785 -19.6032 8 14 0 0.00 0.00 - no Open
341 4.781422519779941 -0.793315 -20.1332 4 20 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 -20.435kcal/mol
Ligand efficiency (LE) -0.6192kcal/mol/HA
Score / heavy atom count
Fit quality (FQ) -6.144
LE / (0.072 + 0.95/HAC) — Leeson & Springthorpe
Heavy atom count 33HA

Physicochemical properties

Molecular weight 451.6Da
Lipinski: ≤ 500 Da
LogP (cLogP) 4.67
Lipinski: ≤ 5
Rotatable bonds 10

Conformational strain (MMFF94s)

Strain energy (ΔE) 20.89kcal/mol
< 5 good · 5–10 marginal · > 10 problematic
Docked FF energy 43.14kcal/mol
Minimised FF energy 22.25kcal/mol

SASA & burial

✓ computed
SASA (unbound) 792.5Ų
Total solvent-accessible surface area of free ligand
BSA total 591.5Ų
Buried surface area upon binding
BSA apolar 478.6Ų
Hydrophobic contacts buried
BSA polar 113.0Ų
Polar contacts buried
Fraction buried 74.6%
> 60 % indicates good pocket engagement
Lipophilic contact ratio 80.9%
BSA apolar / BSA total — high = hydrophobic driver
Δ Non-polar SASA -2628.4Ų
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 3349.0Ų
Non-polar SASA of receptor alone (VdW proxy, nonpolar atoms only)
Complex non-polar SASA 1385.8Ų
Non-polar SASA of full complex (VdW proxy, nonpolar atoms only)