Protein-Ligand Interactions: Computational Docking

Publication Type:

Book Chapter

Source:

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Wiley, p.Article #A4105 (2007)

Keywords:

articles of broad interest, kavrakilab

Abstract:

Protein–ligand docking is the process of computationally predicting the placement and binding affinity of a small organic molecule in the binding pocket of a protein, usually for the purposes of drug discovery. A variety of techniques, ranging from simple point-matching algorithms to explicit physical simulation methods have been developed to address this problem.


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