Is it possible to do 3D-QSAR without using commercial software? If so, can anybody develop a workflow for doing 3D-QSAR with the suitable free software in each step?
cQSAR. A regression program that has dual databases of over 21,000 QSAR models. Distributed by BioByte.
SeeSAR. Program for interactive, visual compound promotion and optimization. It include PD and PK parameters and can be linked to other modules for physicochemical and ADME. Distributed by Bio
clogP. Program for calculating log Poct/water from structure. Distributed by BioByte.
ClogP/CMR. Estimates Molar Refractivity and logP. Distributed by Tripos.
Topomer CoMFA. 3D QSAR tool that automates the creation of models for predicting the biological activity or properties of compounds. Distributed by Tripos.
QSARPro. QSAR software for evaluation of several molecular descriptors along with facility to build the QSAR equation (linear or non-linear regression) and use it for predicting the activities of test/new set of molecules. Performs 2D and 3D QSAR, and provides GQSAR, a group based QSAR approach establishing a correlation of chemical group variation at different molecular sites of interest with the biological activity. Works on LInux and Windows. Provided by VLife.
MedChem Studio. (Formerly ClassPharmer). Cheminformatics platform supporting lead identification and prioritization, de novo design, scaffold hopping and lead optimization. It is integrated with MedChem Designer and ADMET Predictor. Distributed by Simulation Plus, Inc.
Surflex-Sim. Performs the alignment of molecules by maximizing their three-dimensional similarity. Surflex-Sim uses a surface-based morphological similarity function while minimizing the overall molecular volume of the aligned structures. Distributed by Tripos.
QSAR with CoMFA. Builds statistical and graphical models that relate the properties of molecules (including biological activity) to their structures. Several structural descriptors can be calculated, including EVA and the molecular fields of CoMSIA. Distributed by Tripos.
Almond. 3D-QSAR approach using GRid-INdependent Descriptors (GRIND). Starting with a set of 3D structures, Almond employs GRID3 force field to generate Molecular Interaction Fields (MIFs). The information in the MIFs is transformed to generate information-rich descriptors independent of the location of the molecules within the grid. Distributed by Tripos.
GALAHAD. GA-based program to develop pharmacophore hypotheses and structural alignments from a set of molecules that bind at a common site. No prior knowledge of pharmacophore elements, constraints, or molecular alignment is required. Distributed by Tripos.
Hologram QSAR (HQSAR). Program using molecular holograms and PLS to generate fragment-based structure-activity relationships. Unlike other 3D-QSAR methods, HQSAR does not require alignment of molecules.
cQSAR. A regression program that has dual databases of over 21,000 QSAR models. Distributed by BioByte.
McQSAR. Free program to generates quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR equations) using the genetic function approximation paradigm. For Windows and Linux.
Open3DQSAR. Program aimed at high-throughput generation and chemometric analysis of molecular interaction fields (MIFs). Free open source software. For Windows, Linux and Mac.
PaDEL-Descriptor. Free software to calculate molecular (1875) descriptors and (12) fingerprints. Can be used from command lines or GUI. Developed by the National University of Singapore.
Codessa. Derives descriptors using quantum mechanical results from AMPAC. These descriptors are then used to develop QSAR/QSPR models.
CDK Descriptor Calculator GUI. Free and open source GUI to CDK to calculate molecular descriptors.
KeyRecep. Estimates the characteristics of the binding site of the target protein by superposing multiple active compounds in 3D space so that the physicochemical properties of the compounds match maximally with each other. Can be used to estimate activities and vHTS. Distributed by IMMD.
OpenMolGRID. Uses a Grid approach to deal with large-scale molecular design and engineering problems. The methodology used relies on Quantitative Structure Property/Activity Relationships (QSPR/QSAR).
Molconn-Z. Standard program for generation of Molecular Connectivity, Shape, and Information Indices for Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) Analyses.
CODESSA Pro. Program for developing quantitative structure-activity/property relationships (QSAR/QSPR. Distributed by CompuDrug.
MCASE. Machine learning approach to automatically evaluate compounds/activity data set and identify the structural features responsible for activity (biophores). It then creates organized dictionaries of these biophores and develops ad hoc local QSAR correlations. Distributed by MultiCASE. .
smirep. System for predicting the structural activity of chemical compounds.
Databases
MOLE db. Molecular Descriptors Data Base is a free on-line database comprised of 1124 molecular descriptors calculated for hundreds of thousands of molecules.
ChemDB/Datasets. Experimentally annotated subsets of the ChemDB for machine learning and searching experiments.
Datasets from the Milano Chemometrics and QSAR Research Group. References Data Sets
OCHEM Database. Online database of experimental measurements integrated with a modeling environment. User can submit experimental data or use the data uploaded by other users to build predictive QSAR models for physical-chemical or biological properties. Provided by eADMET GmbH and the Institute of Bioinformatics & Systems Biology at Helmholtz Zentrum München.
ChemSAR. Free web-based pipelining platform for classification models of small molecules. It includes validation and standardization of chemical structures, calculation of descriptots (1D, 2D and FP), feature selection, model building and interpretation. Developed by the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, China.
Chembench. Free portal that enables researchers to mine available chemical and biological data. It includes robust model builders, property and activity predictors, virtual libraries of available chemicals with predicted biological and drug-like properties, and special tools for chemical library design. Provided with registration by the Carolina Exploratory Center for Cheminformatics Research, USA.
Web services
OCHEM. (Online Chemical Modeling Environment project). Online database of experimental measurements integrated with a modeling environment. User can submit experimental data or use the data uploaded by other users to build predictive QSAR models for physical-chemical or biological properties. Provided by eADMET GmbH and the Institute of Bioinformatics & Systems Biology at Helmholtz Zentrum München.
E-Dragon. Online version of DRAGON, which is an application for the calculation of molecular descriptors developed by the Milano Chemometrics and QSAR Research Group. These descriptors can be used to evaluate molecular structure-activity or structure-property relationships, as well as for similarity analysis and highthroughput screening of molecule databases. Provided by the Virtual Computational Chemistry Laboratory.
Pattern Match Counter. Counts Functional Groups (sub-structures) in molecules.
Pattern Count Screen. Screens by Functional Groups.
Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR). Generates model construction and prediction of activity/property using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression technique. Provided by the Virtual Computational Chemistry Laboratory.
XScore-LogP. Calculates the octanol/water partition coefficient for a drug, based on a feature of the X-Score program.
3-D QSAR. 3-D QSAR MODELS DATABASE for Virtual Screening. users can process their own molecules by drawing or uploading them to the server and selecting the target for the virtual screening and biological activity prediction.
MOLFEAT. Web service to compute molecular fingerprints and molecular descriptors of molecules from their 3D structures, and for computing activity of compounds of specific chemical types against selected targets based on published Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) models. Currently covers 1,114 fingerprints, 3,977 molecular descriptors, and 23 QSAR models for 16 chemical types against 14 targets. Maintained by the University of Singapore.
cQSAR. A regression program that has dual databases of over 21,000 QSAR models. Distributed by BioByte.
SeeSAR. Program for interactive, visual compound promotion and optimization. It include PD and PK parameters and can be linked to other modules for physicochemical and ADME. Distributed by Bio
clogP. Program for calculating log Poct/water from structure. Distributed by BioByte.
ClogP/CMR. Estimates Molar Refractivity and logP. Distributed by Tripos.
Topomer CoMFA. 3D QSAR tool that automates the creation of models for predicting the biological activity or properties of compounds. Distributed by Tripos.
QSARPro. QSAR software for evaluation of several molecular descriptors along with facility to build the QSAR equation (linear or non-linear regression) and use it for predicting the activities of test/new set of molecules. Performs 2D and 3D QSAR, and provides GQSAR, a group based QSAR approach establishing a correlation of chemical group variation at different molecular sites of interest with the biological activity. Works on LInux and Windows. Provided by VLife.
MedChem Studio. (Formerly ClassPharmer). Cheminformatics platform supporting lead identification and prioritization, de novo design, scaffold hopping and lead optimization. It is integrated with MedChem Designer and ADMET Predictor. Distributed by Simulation Plus, Inc.
Surflex-Sim. Performs the alignment of molecules by maximizing their three-dimensional similarity. Surflex-Sim uses a surface-based morphological similarity function while minimizing the overall molecular volume of the aligned structures. Distributed by Tripos.
QSAR with CoMFA. Builds statistical and graphical models that relate the properties of molecules (including biological activity) to their structures. Several structural descriptors can be calculated, including EVA and the molecular fields of CoMSIA. Distributed by Tripos.
Almond. 3D-QSAR approach using GRid-INdependent Descriptors (GRIND). Starting with a set of 3D structures, Almond employs GRID3 force field to generate Molecular Interaction Fields (MIFs). The information in the MIFs is transformed to generate information-rich descriptors independent of the location of the molecules within the grid. Distributed by Tripos.
GALAHAD. GA-based program to develop pharmacophore hypotheses and structural alignments from a set of molecules that bind at a common site. No prior knowledge of pharmacophore elements, constraints, or molecular alignment is required. Distributed by Tripos.
Hologram QSAR (HQSAR). Program using molecular holograms and PLS to generate fragment-based structure-activity relationships. Unlike other 3D-QSAR methods, HQSAR does not require alignment of molecules.
cQSAR. A regression program that has dual databases of over 21,000 QSAR models. Distributed by BioByte.
McQSAR. Free program to generates quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR equations) using the genetic function approximation paradigm. For Windows and Linux.
Open3DQSAR. Program aimed at high-throughput generation and chemometric analysis of molecular interaction fields (MIFs). Free open source software. For Windows, Linux and Mac.
PaDEL-Descriptor. Free software to calculate molecular (1875) descriptors and (12) fingerprints. Can be used from command lines or GUI. Developed by the National University of Singapore.
Codessa. Derives descriptors using quantum mechanical results from AMPAC. These descriptors are then used to develop QSAR/QSPR models.
CDK Descriptor Calculator GUI. Free and open source GUI to CDK to calculate molecular descriptors.
KeyRecep. Estimates the characteristics of the binding site of the target protein by superposing multiple active compounds in 3D space so that the physicochemical properties of the compounds match maximally with each other. Can be used to estimate activities and vHTS. Distributed by IMMD.
OpenMolGRID. Uses a Grid approach to deal with large-scale molecular design and engineering problems. The methodology used relies on Quantitative Structure Property/Activity Relationships (QSPR/QSAR).
Molconn-Z. Standard program for generation of Molecular Connectivity, Shape, and Information Indices for Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) Analyses.
CODESSA Pro. Program for developing quantitative structure-activity/property relationships (QSAR/QSPR. Distributed by CompuDrug.
MCASE. Machine learning approach to automatically evaluate compounds/activity data set and identify the structural features responsible for activity (biophores). It then creates organized dictionaries of these biophores and develops ad hoc local QSAR correlations. Distributed by MultiCASE. .
smirep. System for predicting the structural activity of chemical compounds.
Databases
MOLE db. Molecular Descriptors Data Base is a free on-line database comprised of 1124 molecular descriptors calculated for hundreds of thousands of molecules.
ChemDB/Datasets. Experimentally annotated subsets of the ChemDB for machine learning and searching experiments.
Datasets from the Milano Chemometrics and QSAR Research Group. References Data Sets
OCHEM Database. Online database of experimental measurements integrated with a modeling environment. User can submit experimental data or use the data uploaded by other users to build predictive QSAR models for physical-chemical or biological properties. Provided by eADMET GmbH and the Institute of Bioinformatics & Systems Biology at Helmholtz Zentrum München.
ChemSAR. Free web-based pipelining platform for classification models of small molecules. It includes validation and standardization of chemical structures, calculation of descriptots (1D, 2D and FP), feature selection, model building and interpretation. Developed by the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, China.
Chembench. Free portal that enables researchers to mine available chemical and biological data. It includes robust model builders, property and activity predictors, virtual libraries of available chemicals with predicted biological and drug-like properties, and special tools for chemical library design. Provided with registration by the Carolina Exploratory Center for Cheminformatics Research, USA.
Web services
OCHEM. (Online Chemical Modeling Environment project). Online database of experimental measurements integrated with a modeling environment. User can submit experimental data or use the data uploaded by other users to build predictive QSAR models for physical-chemical or biological properties. Provided by eADMET GmbH and the Institute of Bioinformatics & Systems Biology at Helmholtz Zentrum München.
E-Dragon. Online version of DRAGON, which is an application for the calculation of molecular descriptors developed by the Milano Chemometrics and QSAR Research Group. These descriptors can be used to evaluate molecular structure-activity or structure-property relationships, as well as for similarity analysis and highthroughput screening of molecule databases. Provided by the Virtual Computational Chemistry Laboratory.
Pattern Match Counter. Counts Functional Groups (sub-structures) in molecules.
Pattern Count Screen. Screens by Functional Groups.
Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR). Generates model construction and prediction of activity/property using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression technique. Provided by the Virtual Computational Chemistry Laboratory.
XScore-LogP. Calculates the octanol/water partition coefficient for a drug, based on a feature of the X-Score program.
3-D QSAR. 3-D QSAR MODELS DATABASE for Virtual Screening. users can process their own molecules by drawing or uploading them to the server and selecting the target for the virtual screening and biological activity prediction.
MOLFEAT. Web service to compute molecular fingerprints and molecular descriptors of molecules from their 3D structures, and for computing activity of compounds of specific chemical types against selected targets based on published Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) models. Currently covers 1,114 fingerprints, 3,977 molecular descriptors, and 23 QSAR models for 16 chemical types against 14 targets. Maintained by the University of Singapore.