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A drug-discovery engine that thinks in binding energy.

A binding-affinity engine that pairs a transformer pre-screen (PLAPT) with physics-based molecular docking (AutoDock Vina) to triage drug candidates in minutes, not weeks.

ONCO-01 molecule 3D render
Lead candidate
ONCO-01
The opportunity

Most candidates fail late and expensively

≈ 10 yrs

to move one molecule from screen to clinic, most of it spent testing dead ends.

Billions

of possible small molecules; wet-lab and docking can only touch a sliver by hand.

Early triage

is where the leverage is. Rank first with AI, then spend physics only on the survivors.

The candidate

ONCO-01, a molecule that changed its mind

H₃COOOHOHNNNONH₂

ONCO-01 (also FMD-Alpha-01) is a triazole nucleoside analog. It was designed to hit a Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus enzyme, but when the platform screened it broadly, it bound a human cancer target far more tightly. Designed as a Foot-and-Mouth Disease antiviral; re-profiled by the platform into an oncology lead.

Formula
C₉H₁₄N₄O₅
Mol. weight
258.2 g/mol
Class
Triazole nucleoside analog
Ro5 violations
0, pass
SMILES
COC[C@H]1O[C@@H](n2cnc(C(N)=O)n2)[C@H](O)[C@@H]1O
The screen

Four targets, one clear winner

Telomerase (TERT)-6.13 kcal/mol
7BG9 · Primary oncology target

Lead settles into the catalytic TERT pocket, the strongest of the four. This is what re-profiled ONCO-01 from antiviral to oncology.

DNA Polymerase α-4.09 kcal/mol
5I35 · Safety counter-screen

Deliberately weak binding to a housekeeping enzyme, a wide selectivity window means less off-target toxicity.

FMDV RdRp-3.88 kcal/mol
1WNE · Original antiviral target

The molecule's birthplace target. The lead now binds telomerase ~2.2 kcal/mol more tightly, evidence of a genuine profile pivot.

P-glycoproteinno bind
6QEX · Efflux / persistence

No stable pose in the P-gp efflux pump, the drug is not pumped back out, so it persists inside the cancer cell.

Docking affinity · kcal/mol · lower = stronger
Telomerase (TERT)-6.13
DNA Polymerase α-4.09
FMDV RdRp-3.88
P-glycoproteinn/a
Why it matters

A wide safety window

+2.04
kcal/mol selectivity window

Telomerase over DNA Polymerase α. The lead grips the cancer target far harder than the housekeeping enzyme it must avoid, the margin that separates a drug from a poison.

Telomerase (target)-6.13
DNA Pol α (must avoid)-4.09
P-glycoprotein (efflux)n/a

No efflux. ONCO-01 does not bind the P-gp pump, so the cell can't spit it back out, it stays where it needs to be.

The method

AI proposes, physics confirms

Hybrid screening

CandidatelibraryPLAPT · AIseconds · rank allVina · Physicsconfirm top hits

Automated pipeline

SMILEStext input3D prepRDKit · MeekoPLAPTAI pre-screenVinadockingDecisionrank + audit

Every step is scripted and reproducible: RDKit + Meeko build and protonate the molecule, PLAPT ranks it, AutoDock Vina docks it at exhaustiveness 32, and a rule-of-five audit closes the loop.

Developability

Passes the rule of five, cleanly

Molecular weight
258.2 g/mol
< 500
LogP
−1.6
< 5
H-bond donors
3
≤ 5
H-bond acceptors
6
≤ 10
Polar surface area
132.7 Ų
< 140
Rotatable bonds
4
≤ 10
What's next

From concept to candidate

Step 1 · Now

Retrospective validation on known binders; expand the target panel.

Step 2 · Next

Generative design, let the model propose new analogs, then screen them.

Step 3 · Then

ADMET & toxicity models bolted onto the same pipeline.

Step 4 · Goal

A shortlist a medicinal chemist trusts, ready for wet-lab synthesis.

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