EasyVS
EasyVS performs structure-based virtual screening to select and evaluate purchasable molecule libraries against protein targets with known 3D structures.
Key Features:
- Protein target selection: Selection of protein targets with known 3D structures for structure-based screening.
- Library customization: Tailoring of purchasable molecule libraries based on user-specified criteria.
- Filtering and clustering: Filtering libraries by molecular properties such as size, polarity, or solubility and clustering molecules by structural similarity.
- Docking simulations and parameters: Execution of structure-based docking simulations with customizable docking parameters.
Scientific Applications:
- Drug discovery and development: Selection and evaluation of potential lead compounds against protein targets.
- Lead identification for experimental validation: Identification of promising candidate compounds for further laboratory testing.
- Large-scale virtual screening: Analysis of large purchasable libraries and complex datasets for computational chemists, bioinformaticians, and pharmaceutical researchers.
Methodology:
Selection of a protein target with a known 3D structure, tailoring of purchasable molecule libraries using predefined criteria, filtering by molecular properties, clustering by structural similarity, and running docking simulations with personalized docking parameters.
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Details
- Tool Type:
- api
- Added:
- 1/18/2021
- Last Updated:
- 2/4/2021
Operations
Publications
Pires DEV, Veloso WNP, Myung Y, Rodrigues CHM, Silk M, Rezende PM, Silva F, Xavier JS, Velloso JPL, da Silveira CH, Ascher DB. EasyVS: a user-friendly web-based tool for molecule library selection and structure-based virtual screening. Bioinformatics. 2020;36(14):4200-4202. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa480. PMID:32399551.