3DFS:  A New 3D Flexible Searching System for Use in Drug Design

Ting Wang* and Jiaju Zhou
Laboratory of Computer Chemistry (LCC), Institute of Chemical Metallurgy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 353, Beijing 100080, China
J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci., 1998, 38 (1), pp 71–77
DOI: 10.1021/ci970070y
Publication Date (Web): January 19, 1998
Copyright © 1998 American Chemical Society

Abstract

This paper describes a new 3D flexible searching system 3DFS which supports two types of query definitions:  simple atom-based definition and generalized function-based definition. The simple and practical definitions of hydrogen bond acceptors/donors, charge centers, aromatic ring centers, and a rapid hydrophobe recognition algorithm are described in detail. 3DFS adopts a four-step searching strategy:  a rapid ID screening, an exact 2D substructure searching using the GMA algorithm, a rigid 3D searching, and a conformationally flexible 3D searching using POWELL method. The utility of 3DFS is illustrated by several typical searching examples.

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