DockPro: a VR-based tool for protein-protein docking problem
Serdar Cakici, Selcuk Sumengen, Ugur Sezerman, Selim Balcisoy
Proceedings of The 7th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry, 2008, pp. .
Abstract: Proteins are large molecules that are vital for all living organisms and they are essential components of many industrial products. The process of binding a protein to another is called protein-protein docking. Many automated algorithms have been proposed to find docking configurations that might yield promising protein-protein complexes. However, these automated methods are likely to come up with false positives and have high computational costs. Consequently, Virtual Reality has been used to take advantage of user's experience on the problem; and proposed applications can be further improved. Haptic devices have been used for molecular docking problems; but they are inappropriate for protein-protein docking due to their workspace limitations. Instead of haptic rendering of forces, we provide a novel visual feedback for simulating physicochemical forces of proteins. We propose an interactive 3D application, DockPro, which enables domain experts to come up with dockings of protein-protein couples by using magnetic trackers and gloves in front of a large display.
Article URL: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1477862.1477877
BibTeX format:
@inproceedings{10.1145-1477862.1477877,
  author = {Serdar Cakici and Selcuk Sumengen and Ugur Sezerman and Selim Balcisoy},
  title = {DockPro: a VR-based tool for protein-protein docking problem},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of The 7th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry},
  articleno = {11},
  year = {2008},
}
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