Software Introduction: Methodological advances for interacting with biomolecules using haptics

Iakovou, Georgios, Laycock, Stephen and Hayward, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6959-2604 (2021) Software Introduction: Methodological advances for interacting with biomolecules using haptics. Ensemble, 23 (4). pp. 283-289. ISSN 1884-6750

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Abstract

Over the past 15 years we have been developing tools for interacting with biomolecules using haptics. Interactions with biomolecules in the virtual world are made via a haptic-feedback device that is able to resist inputs from the user or even act to move the user’s hand in response to molecular forces. Here we highlight the key methodological advances made in the development of these tools including Haptimol ISAS, a tool for interacting with a molecule’s solvent accessible surface, Haptimol ENM, a tool for applying forces to an elastic network model of a biomolecule, DockIT (formerly Haptimol RD), for interactive rigid docking, and Haptimol FlexiDock, for interactive docking that models flexibility in the receptor molecule.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Interactive Graphics and Audio
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Computational Biology
Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 14 Oct 2021 01:13
Last Modified: 24 May 2023 04:52
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/81707
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