biobb_wf_ligand_parameterization
This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of ligand parameterization for a small molecule, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb).
https://github.com/bioexcel/biobb_wf_ligand_parameterization
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This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of ligand parameterization for a small molecule, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb).
Basic Info
- Host: GitHub
- Owner: bioexcel
- License: apache-2.0
- Language: HTML
- Default Branch: main
- Homepage: https://mmb.irbbarcelona.org/biobb/
- Size: 1.81 MB
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README.md
Automatic Ligand parameterization tutorial using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)
This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of ligand parameterization for a small molecule, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb).
Two examples are provided:
- One uses is the Sulfasalazine protein (3-letter code SAS), used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn's disease, generating parameters for the the GROMACS package.
- The second example used Oseltamivir (also called Tamiflu), an antiviral drug, generating parameters for use in CNS (the computational engine used for example by *HADDOCK).
OpenBabel and ACPype packages are used to add hydrogens, energetically minimize the structure, and generate parameters with Generalized Amber Force Field (GAFF) forcefield and AM1-BCC charges.
Settings
Biobb modules used
- biobb_io: Tools to fetch data to be consumed by the rest of the Biobb building blocks.
- biobb_chemistry: Tools to manipulate chemical data.
Auxiliary libraries used
- jupyter: Free software, open standards, and web services for interactive computing across all programming languages.
- nglview: Jupyter/IPython widget to interactively view molecular structures and trajectories in notebooks.
Conda Installation and Launch
console
git clone https://github.com/bioexcel/biobb_wf_ligand_parameterization.git
cd biobb_wf_ligand_parameterization
conda env create -f conda_env/environment.yml
conda activate biobb_wf_ligand_parameterization
For parametrizing a ligand for use in GROMACS launch the following notebook:
console
jupyter-notebook biobb_wf_ligand_parameterization/notebooks/biobb_wf_ligand_parameterization.ipynb
For parametrizing a ligand for use in CNS/HADDOCK launch the following notebook:
console
jupyter-notebook biobb_wf_ligand_parameterization/notebooks/biobb_wf_ligand_parameterization_CNS.ipynb
Tutorial
Click here to view tutorial in Read the Docs
Click here to execute the GROMACS parametrization tutorial in Binder
Click here to execute the CNS parametrization tutorial in Binder
Click here to open tutorial in Google Colab
Version
2025.1
Copyright & Licensing
This software has been developed in the MMB group at the BSC & IRB for the European BioExcel, funded by the European Commission (EU Horizon Europe 101093290, EU H2020 823830, EU H2020 675728).
- (c) 2015-2025 Barcelona Supercomputing Center
- (c) 2015-2025 Institute for Research in Biomedicine
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0, see the file LICENSE for details.

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- Name: BioExcel
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- Profile: https://github.com/bioexcel
Center of Excellence for Computational Biomolecular Research
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abstract: "BioExcel Building Blocks (BioBB) library. BioBB's are built as Python wrappers to provide an interoperable architecture. BioBB's have been integrated in a chain of usual software management tools to generate data ontologies, documentation, installation packages, software containers and ways of integration with workflow managers, that make them usable in most computational environments."
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title: "BioExcel Building Blocks, a software library for interoperable biomolecular simulation workflows"
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journal: "Nature Scientific Data"
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title: "BioExcel Building Blocks, a software library for interoperable biomolecular simulation workflows"
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year: 2019
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