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2476: KCNQ1 Round 1

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Intermediate Overall Small Molecule Design

Summary


Created
June 28, 2024
Expires
Max points
100
Description

KCNQ1 is a critical gene that helps regulate the heart's rhythm by encoding the Kv7.1 potassium ion channel. Mutations in KCNQ1 can cause congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS), an inherited heart condition that increases the risk of sudden cardiac death, especially in young people. In this puzzle, your challenge is to design a new activator for KCNQ1 that can restore function in variants linked to LQTS.
See blog post for more details.
Join us in this exciting quest to develop new treatments for LQTS and make a real difference in heart health! Your innovative designs could be the key to creating effective therapies for this serious condition.

*Note: While it may be possible to accept compounds not in the Compound Library for further testing, compounds from the CL have the highest likelihood to be selected.

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Comments


Sciren Staff Lv 1

Objectives

Maximum bonus: +8000

Compound Library (max +1000)
Gives a bonus if your current compound is in the library. This uses a local cached version of the Compound Library search results to determine if the compound is in the library. If you manually create a compound that happens to be in the library (or if you load a shared solution with an on-library compound), you may need to submit the compound to the compound library search and wait to get the results back before the objective can properly recognize that the compound is in the library. (If the objective is not updating, try wiggling the structure. See this forum post for more discussion.)

Torsion Quality (max +1000)
Keeps bond rotations in a good range. Using Wiggle or Tweak Ligand can fix bad torsions. (Show highlights torsions to be rotated.)

Number of Rotatable Bonds (max +1000)
Intended to keep the ligand from getting too big and floppy. You can reduce rotatable bonds by deleting groups or forming rings. (Show highlights rotatable bonds.)

Ligand TPSA (max +1000)
Topological Polar Surface Area - Keeps the polar surface area (including buried polar surface) low. To improve, try removing oxygens and nitrogens. (Show highlights atoms contributing to higher TPSA.)

Ligand cLogP (max +1000)
A measure of polarity - Keeps the molecule from getting too hydrophobic. To improve, try adding polar oxygens and nitrogens. (Show highlights atoms contributing to higher cLogP.)

Bad Groups (max +1000)
Gives a bonus for avoiding groups that interfere with assays, which are far from the compounds in the library, or which otherwise have issues. (Show highlights groups at issue.)

Molecular Weight (max +1000)
Keeps the ligand within a reasonable size limit.

Synthetic Accessibility (max +1000)
Keeps the ligand from going too far from the compounds in the library. (Show highlights parts of the molecule at issue.)

Sciren Staff Lv 1

Hi @jeff101, for this puzzle series we are using starting compounds selected from the 900 that were found during the virtual screening. The compounds that you and other players may find could indeed be within those 900, or outside of them. They all should give the correct allotted points with successful compound library selections.