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In this review, we retraced the '40-year evolution' of molecular docking algorithms. Over the course of the years, their development allowed to progress from the so-called 'rigid-docking' searching methods to the more sophisticated 'semi-flexible' and 'flexible docking' algorithms. Together with the advancement of computing architecture and power, molecular docking's applications also exponentially increased, from a single-ligand binding calculation to large screening and polypharmacology profiles. Recently targeting nucleic acids with small molecules has emerged as a valuable therapeutic strategy especially for cancer treatment, along with bacterial and viral infections. For example, therapeutic intervention at the mRNA level allows to overcome the problematic of undruggable proteins without modifying the genome. Despite the promising therapeutic potential of nucleic acids, molecular docking programs have been optimized mostly for proteins. Here, we have analyzed literature data on nucleic acid to benchmark some of the widely used docking programs. Finally, the comparison between proteins and nucleic acid targets docking highlighted similarity and differences, which are intrinsically related to their chemical and structural nature.

How ‘Protein-Docking’ Translates into the New Emerging Field of Docking Small Molecules to Nucleic Acids?