##################### HBS Design ##################### written by Kevin Drew (Bonneau Lab), kdrew@nyu.edu General Description: This demo shows how to run the hbs_design application. A hydrogen bond surrogate (HBS) is a helical mimetic scaffold used for inhibiting protein interactions. The demo shows the design of an hbs inhibitor for the MDM2-P53 protein interaction. Algorithm: 1. Pertubation phase: rigid body movement of hbs wrt target 2. Design phase: design user specified residues on hbs scaffold and minimize 3. Repeat 10x Command: hbs_design<.exe> -database @input/flags Input files: ./input/flags = user specified options ./input/mdm2_hbs.pdb = input structure where target is chain 1 and hbs is chain 2 Options: -hbs_design_positions = residues on hbs to design (numbering is relative to hbs, for example 3 is the third residue on hbs), default repacks with no design -pert_num = number of pertubations during pertubation phase, default 10, production 100 -design_loop_num = number of pertubation + design cycles, default 10, production 10 -nstruct = production 1000 Pre Processing: Post Processing: Similar to other multi chain design protocols, the ddG is computed and is a good indicator of a good design. First sort by total score, take top 5 percent and then sort by REPACK_ENERGY_DIFF (ddG). Limitations: This app is inflexible to adjusting monte carlo temperatures, score functions, degree of rigid body pertubations, designing noncanonical amino acids, etc. The app also requires the hbs is close to a plausible binding mode with respect to the target.