Epock: rapid analysis of protein pocket dynamics
Author(s) -
Benoist Laurent,
Matthieu Chavent,
Tristan Cragnolini,
Anna Caroline E. Dahl,
Samuela Pasquali,
Philippe Derreumaux,
Mark S.P. Sansom,
Marc Baaden
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu822
Subject(s) - python (programming language) , plug in , computer science , scripting language , documentation , graphical user interface , programming language , interface (matter) , source code , operating system , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
The volume of an internal protein pocket is fundamental to ligand accessibility. Few programs that compute such volumes manage dynamic data from molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Limited performance often prohibits analysis of large datasets. We present Epock, an efficient command-line tool that calculates pocket volumes from MD trajectories. A plugin for the VMD program provides a graphical user interface to facilitate input creation, run Epock and analyse the results.
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