2018 Denovo design tutorial 1 with PDB 2NNQ

Fragment Libraries

A focused fragment library will be used in this tutorial, in order to attempt building the same ligand. A focused fragment library can be generated using the same ligand.

Create a new directory for the fragment library.

mkdir fraglib

Inside the fraglib directory create a new input file for fragment generation.

touch fraglib.in

Generate the fragments by calling the input file through DOCK6

dock6 -i fraglib.in

Answer the prompted questions interactively using the following lines.

conformer_search_type                                        flex
write_fragment_libraries                                     yes
fragment_library_prefix                                      fraglib
fragment_library_freq_cutoff                                 1
fragment_library_sort_method                                 freq
fragment_library_trans_origin                                no
use_internal_energy                                          yes
internal_energy_rep_exp                                      12
internal_energy_cutoff                                       100.0
ligand_atom_file                                             /Path_to_file/2nnq_lig_withH.mol2
limit_max_ligands                                            no
skip_molecule                                                no
read_mol_solvation                                           no
calculate_rmsd                                               no
use_database_filter                                          no
orient_ligand                                                yes
automated_matching                                           yes
receptor_site_file                                           /Path_to_file/selected_spheres.sph
max_orientations                                             1000
critical_points                                              no
chemical_matching                                            no
use_ligand_spheres                                           no
bump_filter                                                  no
score_molecules                                              no
atom_model                                                   all
vdw_defn_file                                                /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/vdw_AMBER_parm99.defn
flex_defn_file                                               /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/flex.defn
flex_drive_file                                              /gpfs/projects/AMS536/zzz.programs/dock6/parameters/flex_drive.tbl
ligand_outfile_prefix                                        output
write_orientations                                           no
num_scored_conformers                                        1
rank_ligands                                                 no

Focused Denovo Growth

conformer_search_type                                        flex
write_fragment_libraries                                     yes
fragment_library_prefix                                      fraglib
fragment_library_freq_cutoff                                 1
fragment_library_sort_method                                 freq
fragment_library_trans_origin                                no
use_internal_energy                                          no
ligand_atom_file                                             ./candidate_mol_gen_frag.mol2
limit_max_ligands                                            no
skip_molecule                                                no
read_mol_solvation                                           no
calculate_rmsd                                               no
use_database_filter                                          no
orient_ligand                                                no
bump_filter                                                  no
score_molecules                                              no
atom_model                                                   all
vdw_defn_file                                                ../../../dock/box/vdw_AMBER_parm99.defn
flex_defn_file                                               ../../../dock/dock/flex.defn
flex_drive_file                                              ../../../dock/dock/flex_drive.tbl
ligand_outfile_prefix                                        output
write_orientations                                           no
num_scored_conformers                                        1
rank_ligands                                                 no