List of protein-ligand docking software

The number of protein-ligand docking programs currently available is high and has been steadily increasing over the last decades. The following list presents an overview of the most common programs, listed alphabetically, with indication of the corresponding year of publication, involved organisation or institution, short description, availability of a webservice and the license. This table is comprehensive but not complete.

ProgramYear PublishedOrganisationDescriptionWebserviceLicense
1-Click Docking2011MculeDocking predicts the binding orientation and affinity of a ligand to a targetAvailableBasic free version
AADS2011Indian Institute of TechnologyAutomated active site detection, docking, and scoring(AADS) protocol for proteins with known structures based on Monte Carlo MethodAvailableFree to use Webservice
ADAM1994IMMD Inc.Prediction of stable binding mode of flexible ligand molecule to target macromoleculeNoCommercial
AutoDock1990The Scripps Research InstituteAutomated docking of ligand to macromolecule by Lamarckian Genetic Algorithm and Empirical Free Energy Scoring FunctionNoOpen source
AutoDock Vina2010The Scripps Research InstituteNew generation of AutoDockNoOpen source
BetaDock2011Hanyang UniversityBased on Voroni DiagramNoFreeware
Blaster2009University of California San FranciscoCombines ZINC databases with DOCK to find ligand for target proteinAvailableFreeware
BSP-SLIM2012University of MichiganA new method for ligand-protein blind docking using low-resolution protein structuresAvailableFreeware
CABS-dock 2015 University of Warsaw A method for flexible protein-peptide docking without a priori knowledge about the binding site. Available as a standalone application and as a web server. Available Freeware for academic use
DARWIN2000The Wistar InstitutePrediction of the interaction between a protein and another biological molecule by genetic algorithmNoFreeware
DIVALI1995University of California-San FranciscoBased on AMBER-type potential function and genetic algorithmNoFreeware
DOCK1988University of California-San FranciscoBased on Geometric Matching AlgorithmNoFreeware for academic use
DockingServer2009Virtua Drug LtdIntegrates a number of computational chemistry softwareAvailableCommercial
Docking Study with HyperChem2006Motonori TsujiBiomacromolecule- and ligand-flexible docking using combination between the predicted structure-based pharmacophores and ligand-based pharmacophoresNoCommercial
DockVision1992DockVisionBased on Monte Carlo, genetic algorithm, and database screening docking algorithmsNoCommercial
DOLINA 2014 University of Basel Pharmacophore-based aligment, local combinatorial induced-fit No Academic
EADock2007Swiss Institute of BioinformaticsBased on evolutionary algorithmsAvailableFreeware
eHiTS2006SymBioSys IncExhausted search algorithmNoCommercial
EUDOC2001Mayo Clinic Cancer CenterProgram for identification of drug interaction sites in macromolecules and drug leads from chemical databasesNoAcademic
FDS2003University of SouthamptonFlexible ligand and receptor docking with a continuum solvent model and soft-core energy functionNoAcademic
Fitted2010Molecular Forecaster Inc.Docking program with flexibility, covalent, metalloenzyme, displaceable water considerationsAvailableFree for academic use
FlexX2001BioSolveITIncremental build based docking programNoCommercial
FlexAID2015University of SherbrookeTarget side-chain flexibility and soft scoring function, based on surface complementarityNoOpen source
FlexPepDock2010The Hebrew UniversityModeling of peptide-protein complexes, implemented within the Rosetta frameworkAvailableFreeware
FLIPDock2007Scripps Research InstituteGenetic algorithm based docking program using FlexTree data structures to represent a protein-ligand complexNoFree for academic use
FLOG1994Merck Research LaboratoriesRigid body docking program using databases of pregenerated conformationsNoAcademic
FRED2003OpenEye ScientificSystematic, exhaustive, nonstochastic examination of all possible poses within the protein active site combined with scoring FunctionNoFree for academic use
FTDOCK1997Biomolecular Modelling LaboratoryBased on Katchalski-Katzir algorithm. It discretises the two molecules onto orthogonal grids and performs a global scan of translational and rotational spaceNoFreeware
GEMDOCK2004National Chiao Tung UniversityGeneric Evolutionary Method for molecular dockingNoFreeware
Glide2004SchrödingerExhaustive search based docking programNoCommercial
GOLD1995Collaboration between the University of Sheffield, GlaxoSmithKline plc and CCDCGenetic algorithm based, flexible ligand, partial flexibility for proteinNoCommercial
GPCRautomodel2012INRAAutomates the homology modeling of mammalian olfactory receptors (ORs) based on the six three-dimensional (3D) structures of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) available so far and performs the docking of odorants on these modelsAvailableFree for academic use
HADDOCK 2003 Centre Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research Makes use of biochemical and/or biophysical interaction data such as chemical shift perturbation data resulting from NMR titration experiments, mutagenesis data or bioinformatic predictions. Developed for protein-protein docking, but can also be applied to protein-ligand docking. Available Freeware
Hammerhead1996Arris Pharmaceutical CorporationFast, fully automated docking of flexible ligands to protein binding sitesNoAcademic
ICM-Dock1997MolSoftDocking program based on pseudo-Brownian sampling and local minimizationNoCommercial
idTarget2012National Taiwan UniversityPredicts possible binding targets of a small chemical molecule via a divide-and-conquer docking approachAvailableFreeware
iScreen2011China Medical UniversityBased on a cloud-computing system for TCM intelligent screening systemAvailableFreeware
Lead finder2008MolTechProgram for molecular docking, virtual screening and quantitative evaluation of ligand binding and biological activityNoCommercial
LigandFit2003BioViaCHARMm based docking programNoCommercial
LigDockCSA2011Seoul National UniversityProtein-ligand docking using conformational space annealingNoAcademic
LightDock2018Barcelona Supercomputing CenterProtein-protein, protein-DNA, protein-peptide docking using different scoring functions and backbone flexibility modeled by ANMNoOpen Source
LIGIN1996Weizmann Institute of ScienceMolecular docking using surface complementarityNoCommercial
LPCCSU1999Weizmann Institute of ScienceBased on a detailed analysis of interatomic contacts and interface complementarityAvailableFreeware
MCDOCK1999Georgetown University Medical CenterBased on a non-conventional Monte Carlo simulation techniqueNoAcademic
MEDock2007SIGMBIMaximum-Entropy based Docking web server is aimed at providing an efficient utility for prediction of ligand binding siteAvailableFreeware
Molecular Operating Environment (MOE)2008Chemical Computing GroupDocking application within MOE; choice of placement methods (including alpha sphere methods) and scoring functions (including London dG)NoCommercial
MolDock2006Molegro ApSBased on a new heuristic search algorithm that combines differential evolution with a cavity prediction algorithmNoAcademic
MS-DOCK2008INSERMMulti-stage docking/scoring protocolNoAcademic
ParDOCK2007Indian Institute of TechnologyAll-atom energy based Monte Carlo, rigid protein ligand dockingAvailableFreeware
PatchDock2002Tel Aviv UniversityThe algorithm carries out rigid docking, with surface variability/flexibility implicitly addressed through liberal intermolecular penetrationAvailableFreeware
PLANTS2006University of KonstanzBased on a class of stochastic optimization algorithms (ant colony optimization)NoFree for academic use
PLATINUM2008Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)Analysis and visualization of hydrophobic/hydrophilic properties of biomolecules supplied as 3D-structuresAvailableFreeware
PRODOCK1999Cornell UniversityBased on Monte Carlo method plus energy minimizationNoAcademic
PSI-DOCK2006Peking UniversityPose-Sensitive Inclined (PSI)-DOCKNoAcademic
PSO@AUTODOCK2007University of LeipzigParticle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithms varCPSO and varCPSO-ls are suited for rapid docking of highly flexible ligandsNoAcademic
PythDock2011Hanyang UniversityHeuristic docking program that uses Python programming language with a simple scoring function and a population based search engineNoAcademic
Q-Dock2008Georgia Institute of TechnologyLow-resolution flexible ligand docking with pocket-specific threading restraintsNoFreeware
QXP1997Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationMonte Carlo perturbation with energy minimization in Cartesian spaceNoAcademic
rDock2013University of York/ Open source projectHTVS of small molecules against proteins and nucleic acidsNoOpen source
SANDOCK1998University of EdinburghGuided matching algorithmNoAcademic
Score2004Alessandro Pedretti & Giulio VistoliThe Score service allows to calculate some different docking scores of ligand-receptor complexAvailableFreeware
SEED1999University of ZurichAutomated docking of fragments with evaluation of free energy of binding including electrostatic solvation effects in the continuum dielectric approximation (generalized Born)NoOpen source
SODOCK2007Feng Chia University (Taiwan)Swarm optimization for highly flexible protein-ligand dockingNoAcademic
SOFTDocking1991University of California, BerkeleyMatching of molecular surface cubesNoAcademic
Surflex-Dock2003TriposBased on an idealized active site ligand (a protomol)NoCommercial
SwissDock2011Swiss Institute of BioinformaticsWebservice to predict interaction between a protein and a small molecule ligandAvailableFree webservice for academic use
VoteDock2011University of WarsawConsensus docking method for prediction of protein-ligand interactionsNoAcademic
YUCCA2005Virginia TechRigid protein-small-molecule dockingNoAcademic
MOLS 2.02016University of MadrasRigid protein-small-molecule docking,Flexible protein-peptide dockingNoOpen Source
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