Abstract

The HDOCK server (http://hdock.phys.hust.edu.cn/) is a highly integrated suite of homology search, template-based modeling, structure prediction, macromolecular docking, biological information incorporation and job management for robust and fast protein-protein docking. With input information for receptor and ligand molecules (either amino acid sequences or Protein Data Bank structures), the server automatically predicts their interaction through a hybrid algorithm of template-based and template-free docking. The HDOCK server distinguishes itself from similar docking servers in its ability to support amino acid sequences as input and a hybrid docking strategy in which experimental information about the protein-protein binding site and small-angle X-ray scattering can be incorporated during the docking and post-docking processes. Moreover, HDOCK also supports protein-RNA/DNA docking with an intrinsic scoring function. The server delivers both template- and docking-based binding models of two molecules and allows for download and interactive visualization. The HDOCK server is user friendly and has processed >30,000 docking jobs since its official release in 2017. The server can normally complete a docking job within 30 min.

Keywords

Docking (animal)Macromolecular dockingProtein–ligand dockingProtein Data Bank (RCSB PDB)Searching the conformational space for dockingProtein Data BankWeb serverComputer scienceTemplateProtein structureComputational biologyBiologyBioinformaticsBiochemistryThe InternetVirtual screeningOperating systemDrug discoveryProgramming language

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Molecular Docking SimulationProtein Interaction MappingSoftware

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Year
2020
Type
article
Volume
15
Issue
5
Pages
1829-1852
Citations
1546
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Closed

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Yumeng Yan, Huanyu Tao, Jiahua He et al. (2020). The HDOCK server for integrated protein–protein docking. Nature Protocols , 15 (5) , 1829-1852. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-020-0312-x

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DOI
10.1038/s41596-020-0312-x
PMID
32269383

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