View HINTMAP MSS Dialog Box

HINTMAP MSS Dialog Box


Calculation Type
radios: {InterMolecular [with Prototype Conformer]|IntraMolecular [requires Prototype]|Molecule [requires Prototype]|Complement [requires Prototype]}
These four options refer to the different maps the HINTMAP MSS function can calculate:

InterMolecular [with Prototype Conformer] will take each row as a conformation of the same molecule (i.e., Prototype) and calculate an InterMolecular Interaction map for it, against a common rigid receptor.

IntraMolecular [requires Prototype] will calculate an IntraMolecular Interaction map for each conformation of the Protoype in the Molecular Spreadsheet.

Molecule [requires Prototype] will calculate a Hydropathic Molecule property map for each conformation of the Protoype in the Molecular Spreadsheet.

Complement [requires Prototype] will calculate a Hydropathic Molecule property map for the presumed Complementary species for each conformation of the Protoype in the Molecular Spreadsheet.

Partition Receptor
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Two components are necessary for the InterMolecular HINTMAP Function: a Macromolecule in a Sybyl Molecular area, and a Molecular Spreadsheet of ligand conformers oriented for interaction with the common receptor (Macromolecule). Pressing this button calls the HINT Partition Molecule dialog to Partition the Macromolecule.

Partition Prototype
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This button Partitions a prototype of the molecule whose conformations are stored in the MSS. Pressing this button calls the HINT Partition Molecule dialog.

Distance Function...
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Select this button to describe the mathematical distance behavior of hydropathy for the current calculation. This button calls the Distance Function dialog box.

Map File Root
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Enter a text file name to be used as the "root" of each Hint Map created by this command. Each individual file will be named as a derivative of this root name.

Grid Calculation: Interactions
option menu: {All|Hydrophobic|Polar}
The Interaction parameter allows you to choose the types of interactions to be recorded by the calculation. The options are:

All records all interactions in the HintTable or map. Positive values represent favorable binding situations such as hydrophobic-hydrophobic, acid-base, hydrogen bonding, Coulombic, etc. Negative values in the HintTable or map represent unfavorable binding situations such as hydrophobic-polar, repulsive (like charge) Coulombic interactions, etc.

Hydrophobic records only interactions involving hydrophobic atoms in the HintTable or map. Positive values generally represent hydrophobic-hydrophobic interactions and negative values generally represent hydrophobic-polar interactions.

Polar records all interactions that do not involve hydrophobic atoms. Positive values generally represent acid-base and hydrogen bonding and negative values generally represent acid-acid and base-base unfavorable interactions.

Grid Calculation: IntraMonomer
check box
The IntraMonomer parameter specifies whether IntraMolecular interactions within the same monomer or substructure are to be recorded by the HintTable or map.

Grid Calculation: Grid Types
option menu: {Hydrophobic/Polar|Acid/Base}
The Grid Types parameter allows the specification of the information to be calculated by the map command. Alternately, you can calculate a map where the positive grid values represent hydrophobic regions and negative grid values represent polar regions or a map where the polar information has been categorized into acidic regions and polar regions (at the expense of the hydrophobic information which is lost). If all three types of infomation are desired, you will have to run two HINT map calculations. The available Grid Type options are:

Hydrophobic/Polar where positive map values represent hydrophobic regions of space and negative map values represent polar regions of space.

Acid/Base where positive map values represent acidic regions of space and negative map values represent basic regions of space. Note that this option requires the selection of an Acid Base Definition.

Grid Calculation: Acid Base Definition
option menu: {Coulombic|Bronsted|Lewis}
The Acid Base Definition parameter specifies what model for acids and bases will be used by HINT if Grid Type is set to Acid/Base. These definitions are static; they are based on the SYBYL atom types and are not dynamically reevaluated. Three models are available as options:

Coulombic is a formal charge-based model. Atoms with formal positive charges are considered to be acids and atoms with formal negative charges are considered to be bases.

Bronsted uses the Bronsted-Lowry theory of acids and bases. An acid is a proton donor while a base is a proton acceptor.

Lewis uses the Lewis theory of acids and bases. An acid is an electron pair acceptor and a base is an electron pair donor.

Region Definition...
push button
Select this button to define the spatial extents of the map region. The Region Definition dialog box appears when this button is selected.

Grid Control: Volume Averaging
check box
Turning On the Volume Averaging parameter produces smoother HINT maps, but at a cost of approximately an eight-fold increase in calculation time. The algorithm surrounds each actual grid point with a box whose corners are at (+/-) 1/3 grid spacing along each cartesian axis. The map is evaluated for each corner of the box and the resulting values averaged to yield the map value at the original grid point.

Grid Control: Inside Mol Cut Off
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The Inside Mol Cut Off parameter specifies whether grid points inside the Van der Waals radius of any atom are to be set to predefined constant values.

Low Limit
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The Low Limit parameter is the constant that will be assigned to negative-valued grid points inside the Van der Waals radius of any atom if Inside Mol Cut Off is set to On.

High Limit
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The High Limit parameter is the constant that will be assigned to positive-valued grid points inside the Van der Waals radius of any atom if Inside Mol Cut Off is set to On.

Grid Control: Cut Off Radius
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The Cut Off Radius parameter represents a method to reduce calculation time for HINT calculations. If the distance between two atoms (for HintTable calculations) or between a grid point and an atom (for map calculations) exceeds the cutoff-radius that interaction is ignored. Cut Off Radius values of greater than 6.0 Angstroms appear to have minimal effect on the calculation quality but can save considerable calculation time.

Grid Control: Van der Waals Limit
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The Van der Waals Limit parameter allows limited user control of the HINT Van der Waals radii set. The Van der Waals Limit is a multiplicative factor (default = 1.00) that adjusts the predefined radii set. A value of less than 1 would allow more "bump" between atoms, while a value greater than one would allow less.