Perform probe-guided blind docking with FTMap and DOCK6
BLinDPyPr --Blind Ligand Docking through Preliminary Probing-- is a Python pipeline that associates automation and conversion scripts with well established programs such as FTMap and DOCK6 in order to introduce a novel approach to blind docking.
FTMap docked probe clusters are converted into DOCK6 spheres for determining binding regions. Because these spheres are solely derived from FTMap probes, their locations are contained in and specific to multiple potential binding pockets, which become the regions that are simultaneously probed and chosen by the search algorithm based on the properties of each candidate ligand.
For more information, please access our paper.
BLinDPyPr consists of a single python script which requires some packages and programs installed and on path.
For the main BLinDPyPr docking module
- Pandas
- Numpy
For the FTMap online access module
BLinDPyPr can use Selenium and Chromedriver to automatically submit jobs to FTMap and download them to the working directory after they are finished. It is possible to use the program without this option and its requirements, in this case the user must manually submit the target to FTMap and provide the results to BLinDPyPr.
- Selenium
- Chromedriver
- PyMOL
- UCSF Chimera
- DOCK6 (versions 6.8 or later)
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Perform probe-guided docking with FTMap and DOCK6
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By Paula Jofily
Please cite: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26051224
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optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
Receptor and ftmap arguments:
--runftmap Automatically submit a PDB file to ftmap server.
Requires Selenium package and a webdriver
--ftconf CONF Configuration file for ftmap submission
--fteg Print an example configuration file and quit blindpypr
--ftsimple PDB/ID Submit to ftmap without the need for a configuration
file. Specify "--ftsimple [PDBID/file.pdb]". All other
config options will be set to None/false.
--ftfile PDB If automatic submission to FTMap is not required,
provide the FTMap PDB result (e.g. fftmap.12345.pdb)
--quit Quit blindpypr after running ftmap (useful if
crossclusters need to be chosen before docking).
Docking required arguments:
--lig_file MOL2 Ligand(s) file. Format: .mol2
--dock_path PATH DOCK6 installation path where bin and parameters
folders are located. Ex.: /home/username/dock6.9
Docking optional arguments:
--cross [000,001] FTmap crosscluster numbers to include as spheres. Ex.:
000,001,003,006,011. Default: all.
--receptor MOL2 User input mol2 receptor file, ready for docking. If
not provided, receptor.mol2 will be created from
protein in the ftmap pdb file using chimera dockprep.
--boxmarg angstroms Margin (angstroms) to create dock6 receptor box around
ftmap probes. Default: 5
--input input.in Input file for dock6. If not provided, a default one
will be written.
--nochem Do not use chemical matching.
--grid Use this flag if grid.bmp and grid.nrg already exist in
the working directory (and are compatible with receptor
and box).
--sphgen [0,1,2] Create classic dock6 spheres using sphgen. Options: 0
(use all spheres); [X] (use sphere cluster [X]). If
--cross is used, sphere_selector will be used to select
spheres around specified crossclusters.