Computational protein–ligand docking and virtual drug screening with the AutoDock suite

Autor: Stefano Forli, Michael E. Pique, Michel F. Sanner, Ruth Huey, David S. Goodsell, Arthur J. Olson
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Protocols. 11:905-919
ISSN: 1750-2799
1754-2189
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2016.051
Popis: Computational docking can be used to predict bound conformations and free energies of binding for small molecule ligands to macromolecular targets. Docking is widely used for the study of biomolecular interactions and mechanisms, and is applied to structure-based drug design. The methods are fast enough to allow virtual screening of ligand libraries containing tens of thousands of compounds. This protocol covers the docking and virtual screening methods provided by the AutoDock suite of programs, including a basic docking of a drug molecule with an anticancer target, a virtual screen of this target with a small ligand library, docking with selective receptor flexibility, active site prediction, and docking with explicit hydration. The entire protocol will require approximately 5 hours.
Databáze: OpenAIRE