Rethinking Sweetener Discovering: Multiparameter Modeling of Molecular Docking Results between the T1R2-T1R3 Receptor and Compounds with Different Tastes.
J Agric Food Chem
; 72(13): 7336-7343, 2024 Apr 03.
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Molecular docking has been widely applied in the discovery of new sweeteners, yet the interpretation of computational results sometimes remains difficult. Here, the interaction between the T1R2-T1R3 sweet taste receptor and 66 tasting compounds, including 26 sweet, 19 bitter, and 21 sour substances was investigated by batch molecular docking processes. Statistical analysis of the docking results generated two novel methods of interpreting taste properties. Quantitative correlation between relative sweetness (RS) and docking results created a multiparameter model to predict sweetness intensity, whose correlation coefficient r = 0.74 is much higher than r = 0.17 for the linear correlation model between sweetness and binding energy. The improved correlation indicated that docking results besides binding energy contain undiscovered information about the ligand-protein interaction. Qualitative discriminant analysis of different tasting molecules generated an uncorrelated linear discriminant analysis (UDLA) model, which achieved an overall 93.1% accuracy in discriminating the taste of molecules, with specific accuracy for verifying sweet, bitter, and sour compounds reaching 88.0%, 92.1%, and 100%. These unprecedented models provide a unique perspective for interpreting computational results and may inspire future research on sweetener discovery.
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