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To predict potential druggability, the first step is to identify possible binding sites on the protein surface. Next, characteristics of the putative sites such as hydrophobicity, shape and charge are calculated and submitted to a numerical equation. The weight coefficients bi are known from a statistical analysis of previous screening trials.
