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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Comput Chem. 2026 Jan 15;47(2):e70312. doi: 10.1002/jcc.70312

Table 2.

Key DOCK6 searching parameters employed in this work.

Parameter Description Values Used
dn_sampling_methoda Fragment search methods available (random, graph, exhaustive, isoswap) random, exhaustive, isoswap
dn_num_random_picks N fragments randomly selected for random 20
dn_num_iso_head_picks N fragments randomly selected for isoswap 20
dn_iso_pick_meth TAIL fragment selection method for isoswap (top_rank, random, worst_rank) top_rank
dn_iso_skip Skip TAIL attempts if HEAD frag fails to attach yes
dn_num_iso_picks N TAIL fragments randomly selected 20, 3446
dn_random_root_selection Randomly select molecules propagated to next layer no
dn_mol_wt_cutoff_type Molecular weight filtering method (hard, soft) soft
dn_upper_constraint_mol_wt Upper limit for MW filter 550
dn_lower_constraint_mol_wt Lower limit for MW filter 0
dn_mol_wt_std_dev Standard deviation for MW filter 35
dn_constraint_rot_bon Max allowed number of rotatable bonds (#ROT) 15
dn_constraint_formal_charge Max allowed formal charge of molecule (FC) 2
dn_heur_matched_rmsd Max RMSD of matching heavy atoms of molecules 2.0
dn_max_grow_layersb Max N of layers for growth starting from an anchor 9, 1
dn_max_root_size Max N of partially grown molecules passed to next layer 25
dn_max_layer_size Max N of molecules allowed from a given growing root 25
dn_max_successful_att_per_root Max N of successful attachments allowed per root 50,000
a,b

Lead refinement employed exhaustive searching method with 1 growth layer.