BindingDB: A Web-Accessible Molecular Recognition Database

Authors: Chen X.; Liu M.; Gilson M.K.

Source: Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening, Volume 4, Number 8, December 2001 , pp. 719-725(8)

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

Abstract:

This paper presents an initial description of the BindingDB, a public web-accessible database of measured binding affinities for various molecular types (http://www.bindingdb.org). The BindingDB allows queries based upon a range of criteria, including chemical similarity or substructure, sequence homology, numerical criteria (e.g. DeltaGo < 5 kcal / mol) and reactant names (e.g. “lysozyme”). Principles of Human-Computer Interactions are being employed in creating the query interface and user-feedback is being solicited. The data specification includes significant experimental detail. A full dictionary has been created for isothermal titration calorimetry data in consultation with experimentalists and data dictionaries for enzyme-inhibition and other measurement techniques are being developed. Currently, the BindingDB contains several data sets of broad interest, such as antigen-antibody binding and cyclodextrin / small-molecule binding. However, it is anticipated that online deposition by experimentalists will ultimately contribute a larger flow of data. We are actively developing software and file specifications to facilitate such deposition.

Keywords: Simplified molecular input line entry specificatio

Language: English

Document Type: Review article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1386207013330670

Publication date: 2001-12-01

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