I am currently working on metal–natural compound complexes. My workflow involves:

  • Docking metal ions with natural compounds to form metal oxide–ligand complexes.
  • Docking these metal complexes with a protein target using molecular docking tools.
  • Importing the resulting protein–ligand complex into BIOVIA Discovery Studio for visualization and interaction analysis.
  • While I am able to visualize the ligand interactions in Discovery Studio, I am facing two main issues:

    • The software gives an error: "Ligand is not a single fragment"
    • As a result, I am unable to generate the secondary structure of the protein and unable to display the 2D structure diagram of the docked ligand complex.

    My Questions:

  • What causes the “ligand is not a single fragment” error in BIOVIA Discovery Studio?
  • Is there a way to merge or treat the metal–natural compound complex as a single fragment/entity?
  • How can I fix this issue to successfully view both the secondary structure of the protein and the 2D ligand interaction diagram?
  • Are there any recommended tools or preprocessing steps to clean or standardize such docked complexes before visualization?
  • Any advice or experiences with similar metal–ligand docking workflows would be extremely helpful.

    Thank you!

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