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Virtual screening of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease with rxDock and pose scoring

Abstract

This tutorial provides a companion to the work performed in March 2020 by InformaticsMatters, the Diamond Light Source, and the European Galaxy Team to perform virtual screening on candidate ligands for the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (MPro). This work is described in our dedicated site.

About This Material

This is a Hands-on Tutorial from the GTN which is usable either for individual self-study, or as a teaching material in a classroom.

Questions this will address

  • How can candidate ligands be generated and docked to a protein in Galaxy?
  • How can the poses of the docked ligands be evaluated?
  • How can a workflow for drug virtual screening be constructed in Galaxy?

Learning Objectives

  • Understand how Galaxy was used to perform docking and pose scoring on the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (MPro).
  • Replicate the study on a (very) small scale
  • Gain familiarity with the docking and scoring techniques involved.

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Keywords: Computational chemistry, covid19, one-health

Target audience: Students

Resource type: e-learning

Version: 10

Status: Active

Prerequisites:

  • Introduction to Galaxy Analyses
  • Protein-ligand docking

Learning objectives:

  • Understand how Galaxy was used to perform docking and pose scoring on the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (MPro).
  • Replicate the study on a (very) small scale
  • Gain familiarity with the docking and scoring techniques involved.

Date modified: 2023-11-09

Date published: 2020-03-27

Authors: Simon Bray

Contributors: Simon Bray

Scientific topics: Computational chemistry


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