autodock - docking of chemical ligands to protein receptors
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Description
AutoDock perfoms the automated docking of chemical compounds to proteins, i.e. it predicts how small
molecules, such as substrates or drug candidates, bind to a receptor of known 3D structure.
The AutoDockSuite consists of two main programs of which AutoDock performs the docking of the ligand to a
set of grids describing the target protein and AutoGrid pre-calculates these grids.
Example
On Debian, the directory /usr/share/doc/autodock offers examples to run. Change to that directory and
unpack (as root) the gzipped map files, then execute AutoDock as shown below:
gunzip *.map.gz
autodock4 -p 1pgp.dpf -l /tmp/1pgp.dlg
The interpretation of results is aided by the AutoDockTools suite. Please also inspect the tutorials
offered online.
License
This software is made available under the terms of the GNU Public License version 2 or later. This
implies that this software may be redistributed if the source is made available. It would however help
the future development of the AutoDockSuite if you register yourself at
http://autodock.scripps.edu/downloads.
Name
autodock - docking of chemical ligands to protein receptors
Options
-p parameter_filename
-l log_filename
-o Use old PDBQ format, charge q in columns 55-61
-k Keep original residue numbers
-i Ignore header-checking
-t Parse the PDBQ file to check torsions, then stop.
-c< command_file Command mode, by file
-c| control_program Command mode, by control_program
See Also
Synopsis
autodock4 [options]
