3D-e-Chem-VM: Structural Cheminformatics Research Infrastructure in a Freely Available Virtual Machine

Ross McGuire*, Stefan Verhoeven, Márton Vass, Gerrit Vriend, Iwan J P De Esch, Scott J. Lusher, Rob Leurs, Lars Ridder, Albert J. Kooistra, Tina Ritschel, C. de Graaf

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Abstract

3D-e-Chem-VM is an open source, freely available Virtual Machine ( http://3d-e-chem.github.io/3D-e-Chem-VM/ ) that integrates cheminformatics and bioinformatics tools for the analysis of protein-ligand interaction data. 3D-e-Chem-VM consists of software libraries, and database and workflow tools that can analyze and combine small molecule and protein structural information in a graphical programming environment. New chemical and biological data analytics tools and workflows have been developed for the efficient exploitation of structural and pharmacological protein-ligand interaction data from proteomewide databases (e.g., ChEMBLdb and PDB), as well as customized information systems focused on, e.g., G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRdb) and protein kinases (KLIFS). The integrated structural cheminformatics research infrastructure compiled in the 3D-e-Chem-VM enables the design of new approaches in virtual ligand screening (Chemdb4VS), ligand-based metabolism prediction (SyGMa), and structure-based protein binding site comparison and bioisosteric replacement for ligand design (KRIPOdb).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)115-121
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Chemical Information and Modeling
Volume57
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Feb 2017

Funding

Netherlands eScience Center/NWO (3D-e-Chem, grant 027.014.201). M.V., R.L., G.V., I.J.P.d.E., A.J.K., and C.d.G. participate in the COST Action CM1207 (GLISTEN). M.V., I.J.P.d.E, R.L., and C.d.G. participate in the GPCR Consortium (gpcrconsortium.org).

FundersFunder number
European Cooperation in Science and TechnologyCM1207

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