LightDock Server

LightDock Server performs integrative macromolecular docking using the LightDock framework to model medium-to-high flexibility interactions such as antibody-antigen complexes and membrane-associated protein assemblies.


Key Features:

  • Integrative docking: Performs integrative modeling of macromolecular interactions using computational docking methodologies.
  • LightDock framework: Implements the LightDock macromolecular docking framework, which is optimized for flexible complexes.
  • Flexibility handling: Handles medium-to-high flexibility in molecular complexes.
  • Dedicated usage modes: Provides dedicated usage modes for modeling antibody-antigen complexes, membrane-associated protein assemblies, and other flexible molecular systems.
  • Experimental integration: Integrates computational predictions with experimental structural biology methods to complement laboratory data.

Scientific Applications:

  • Antibody-antigen interactions: Models antibody-antigen interactions relevant to immunology and therapeutic antibody development.
  • Membrane-associated protein assemblies: Models membrane-associated protein assemblies to study cellular processes and membrane protein functions.
  • Flexible complex modeling: Models medium-to-high flexible macromolecular complexes in cases where experimental methods face limitations.

Methodology:

Employs the LightDock macromolecular docking framework and computational docking methodologies optimized for flexible complexes.

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Details

License:
GPL-3.0
Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
web application
Operating Systems:
Mac, Linux, Windows
Programming Languages:
Python
Added:
1/2/2024
Last Updated:
11/24/2024

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Publications

Jiménez-García B, Roel-Touris J, Barradas-Bautista D. The LightDock Server: Artificial Intelligence-powered modeling of macromolecular interactions. Nucleic Acids Research. 2023;51(W1):W298-W304. doi:10.1093/nar/gkad327. PMID:37140054. PMCID:PMC10320125.

PMID: 37140054
Funding: - European Molecular Biology Organization: ALTF 145-2021 - Horizon 2020: 801342

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