Docking@Home was a
volunteer computing project hosted by the
University of Delaware and running on the
Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) software platform. It models
protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalysing metabolic reactions, DNA replication, respon ...
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ligand
In coordination chemistry, a ligand is an ion or molecule ( functional group) that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex. The bonding with the metal generally involves formal donation of one or more of the ligand's ele ...
docking using the
CHARMM program. Volunteer computing allows an extensive search of protein-ligand docking conformations and selection of near-native ligand conformations are achieved by using ligand based hierarchical clustering. The ultimate aim was the development of new
pharmaceutical drugs.
The project was retired on May 23, 2014.
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List of volunteer computing projects
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