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Our goal is to determine the \u2018hot spots\u2019 computationally rather than experimentally.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results: We have developed the FTMAP algorithm that performs global search of the entire protein surface for regions that bind a number of small organic probe molecules. The search is based on the extremely efficient fast Fourier transform (FFT) correlation approach which can sample billions of probe positions on dense translational and rotational grids, but can use only sums of correlation functions for scoring and hence is generally restricted to very simple energy expressions. The novelty of FTMAP is that we were able to incorporate and represent on grids a detailed energy expression, resulting in a very accurate identification of low-energy probe clusters. Overlapping clusters of different probes are defined as consensus sites (CSs). We show that the largest CS is generally located at the most important subsite of the protein binding site, and the nearby smaller CSs identify other important subsites. Mapping results are presented for elastase whose structure has been solved in aqueous solutions of eight organic solvents, and we show that FTMAP provides very similar information. The second application is to renin, a long-standing pharmaceutical target for the treatment of hypertension, and we show that the major CSs trace out the shape of the first approved renin inhibitor, aliskiren.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Availability: FTMAP is available as a server at http:\/\/ftmap.bu.edu\/.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Contact: \u00a0vajda@bu.edu<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Supplementary information: \u00a0Supplementary Material is available at Bioinformatics online.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btp036","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,29]],"date-time":"2009-01-29T01:31:13Z","timestamp":1233192673000},"page":"621-627","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":420,"title":["Fragment-based identification of druggable \u2018hot spots\u2019 of proteins using Fourier domain correlation techniques"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Ryan","family":"Brenke","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Program in Bioinformatics, 2Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA and 3Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dima","family":"Kozakov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Program in Bioinformatics, 2Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA and 3Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gwo-Yu","family":"Chuang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Program in Bioinformatics, 2Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA and 3Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dmitri","family":"Beglov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Program in Bioinformatics, 2Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA and 3Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Hall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Program in Bioinformatics, 2Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA and 3Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Melissa R.","family":"Landon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Program in Bioinformatics, 2Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA and 3Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carla","family":"Mattos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Program in Bioinformatics, 2Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA and 3Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sandor","family":"Vajda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Program in Bioinformatics, 2Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA and 3Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023013110115276600_B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2605","DOI":"10.1021\/jp952516o","article-title":"An experimental approach to mapping the binding surfaces of crystalline proteins","volume":"100","author":"Allen","year":"1996","journal-title":"J. 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