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. 2014 Apr 23;2014:bau029. doi: 10.1093/database/bau029

Table 1.

Attributes of interaction

Attribute type Attribute name Computational tools used
Binding site descriptors Pocket volume
  • fpocket

  • LPC

Number of alpha spheres
Mean alpha sphere radius
Proportion of apolar alpha spheres
Mean local hydrophobic density
Hydrophobicity scores
Volume score
Charge score
Proportion of polar atoms
Alpha sphere density
Max. distance between COM and alpha sphere
Max. theoretical shape complementarity
Observed shape complementarity
Normalized shape complementarity
Binding site environment and binding energetics Autodock score
  • Autodock4.1

  • EasyMIFs

  • SiteHound

Electrostatic score
Hydrogen bond score
van der Waal score
Desolvation score
Torsional score
Average methyl probe (CMET) interaction energy
Total CMET interaction energy
Total CMET interaction grids
Total CMET interaction clusters
Average phosphate probe (OP) interaction energy
Total OP interaction energy
Total OP interaction grids
Total OP interaction clusters
Average hydroxy probe (OA) interaction energy
Total OA interaction energy
Total OA interaction grids
Total OA interaction clusters
Average aromatic probe (CR1) interaction energy
Total CR1 interaction energy
Total CR1 interaction grids
Total CR1 interaction clusters
Ligand–protein contacts Hydrogen bonds
  • Ligplot+

  • LPC

Aromatic
Hydrophobic
Destabilizing
Donor water molecules at the binding site
Acceptor water molecules at the binding site

All the attributes that are calculated for each of the interactions present in the database along with the computational tools used to derive them have been listed in this table.