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Virtual screening (VS) is a computational technique used in drug discovery to search libraries of small molecules in order to identify those structures which are most likely to bind to a drug target, typically a protein receptor or enzyme.
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The extracted context around Virtual screening shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Virtual screening → Also, Although, Another, Boltz-2, Co-folding, Currently, Different, Given, Molecular, Pharmacophoric, Recent, Some, Structure-based, There, Unlike Another extracted example is Virtual screening → As, At, Autodock-SS, Chemical Structures, Gaussian, It, Other, Rapid Overlay, ROCS, Shape-based, The. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 49 structured relationships around Virtual screening. Examples in this analysis include Autodock-SS have also been developed.Field-based virtual screeningField-based virtual screening methods extend shape-based similarity approaches by considering not only molecular shape but also the physicochemical interaction fields that govern ligand → instance of → Other shape-based molecular similarity methods and hydrogen-bond donors → instance of → rather than from a set of known active ligands.Key interaction features -. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autodock-SS have also been developed.Field-based virtual screeningField-based virtual screening methods extend shape-based similarity approaches by considering not only molecular shape but also the physicochemical interaction fields that govern ligand | instance of | Other shape-based molecular similarity methods | 0.80 | text |
| Autodock-SS have also been developed | instance of | Other shape-based molecular similarity methods | 0.80 | text |
| hydrogen-bond donors | instance of | rather than from a set of known active ligands.Key interaction features - | 0.80 | text |
| acceptors | instance of | rather than from a set of known active ligands.Key interaction features - | 0.80 | text |
| hydrophobic regions | instance of | rather than from a set of known active ligands.Key interaction features - | 0.80 | text |
| charged residues | instance of | rather than from a set of known active ligands.Key interaction features - | 0.80 | text |
| and metal-binding sites - are identified based on the spatial arrangement of amino acid residues within the binding pocket | instance of | rather than from a set of known active ligands.Key interaction features - | 0.80 | text |
| Boltz-2 exemplify this strategy by predicting bound complex structures directly from sequence | instance of | based frameworks | 0.80 | text |
| ligand information | instance of | based frameworks | 0.80 | text |
| Virtual screening | has method | Given | 0.60 | section |
| Virtual screening | has method | Different | 0.60 | section |
| Virtual screening | has method | Another | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Virtual screening bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Virtual, Approach and Molecules. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Virtual screening, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Virtual screening with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Virtual screening to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Products, Methods & Computing infrastructure, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Virtual screening · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout