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Molecular Docking
Molecular Modeling How to Handle Metal Ions in Molecular Docking and MD (Zinc, Magnesium and Iron, Step by Step) Stop deleting the zinc. Learn when to keep a metal ion, how to dock into a metalloprotein with AutoDock4Zn, and how to… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 15 min read Molecular Modeling How to Set Protonation States and Add Hydrogens to a Protein Before Docking or MD (PDB2PQR, PROPKA and H++) Crystal structures ship without hydrogens. Learn to predict pKa values with PROPKA, protonate with PDB2PQR or H++, and check the result before… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 14 min read Drug Design Why AutoDock Vina Gives Different Results Every Time (Exhaustiveness, Seed and Reproducible Docking) Vina's search is non-deterministic, so scores shift between runs. Learn what exhaustiveness controls, how --seed fixes it, and how to report both. Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 11 min read Molecular Modeling How to Run an MD Simulation of a Vaccine Construct-TLR Complex in GROMACS: Setup, Length and What to Report Take a docked vaccine construct into GROMACS: which pose to carry forward, force field and box setup, how many replicas to run,… Ragini Mishra 17 min read Bioinformatics How to Get the Right Protein Sequence from UniProt for Modelling (Canonical Isoform, Signal Peptide and Residue Numbering) Pick a reviewed Swiss-Prot entry, take the canonical isoform, cut the signal peptide, and check the PDB offset before you model. Follow… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 13 min read Molecular Modeling How to Install AutoDock Vina on Windows 10 and 11: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners (Vina 1.2.7 + AutoDockTools) Install AutoDock Vina 1.2.7 on Windows the way it ships today: one bare .exe, no MSI, plus MGLTools for AutoDockTools. Follow the… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 13 min read Updated Molecular Modeling How to Fix Missing Residues and Loops in a PDB Structure Before Docking or MD (ChimeraX, SWISS-MODEL and MODELLER) Find the gaps your crystal structure never resolved, decide which ones matter, and rebuild them in ChimeraX, SWISS-MODEL or MODELLER before docking… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 15 min read Bioinformatics How to Dock a Multi-Epitope Vaccine Construct with TLR4: ClusPro, HDOCK and HADDOCK Compared Dock a screened vaccine construct against TLR4 the way a reviewer reads it: pick the PDB entry, prep the files, compare three… Ragini Mishra 16 min read Molecular Modeling How to Do Flexible Docking in AutoDock Vina (Flexible Side Chains, Step by Step) Learn how to let binding-site side chains move in AutoDock Vina: split the receptor with Meeko, run vina --flex, and judge whether… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 14 min read Updated Molecular Modeling How to Dock Multiple Ligands in AutoDock Vina (Batch Docking): A Step-by-Step Guide Stop running Vina once per compound. Learn the --batch flag, the Open Babel prep loop, and how to pull 40 output files… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 17 min read Updated