Visual analysis of protein-ligand interactions

The analysis of protein-ligand interactions is complex because of the many factors at play. Most current methods for visual analysis provide this information in the form of simple 2D plots, which, besides being quite space hungry, often encode a low number of different properties. In this paper we p...

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Autores: Vázquez Alcocer, Pere Pau|||0000-0003-4638-4065, Hermosilla Casajús, Pedro, Guallar, Víctor|||0000-0002-4580-1114, Estrada, Jorge, Vinacua Pla, Álvaro|||0000-0001-8984-4311
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/121534
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/121534
https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13428
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Protein research
Molecular structure -- Data processing
Proteins
Hydrogen bonds
Ligands
Molecular structure
Visualization
Proteïnes -- Investigació
Estructura molecular -- Informàtica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Aplicacions de la informàtica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Infografia
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Sumario:The analysis of protein-ligand interactions is complex because of the many factors at play. Most current methods for visual analysis provide this information in the form of simple 2D plots, which, besides being quite space hungry, often encode a low number of different properties. In this paper we present a system for compact 2D visualization of molecular simulations. It purposely omits most spatial information and presents physical information associated to single molecular components and their pairwise interactions through a set of 2D InfoVis tools with coordinated views, suitable interaction, and focus+context techniques to analyze large amounts of data. The system provides a wide range of motifs for elements such as protein secondary structures or hydrogen bond networks, and a set of tools for their interactive inspection, both for a single simulation and for comparing two different simulations. As a result, the analysis of protein-ligand interactions of Molecular Simulation trajectories is greatly facilitated.