
AutoDock Vina is a go-to engine for protein–ligand docking and structure-based virtual screening. Vina 1.2 adds a Python binding and improved scoring.
Highlights
- Fast, accurate pose prediction and binding-score estimation.
- Python API (and Meeko) for preparing receptors/ligands and scripting screens.
- Scales to large libraries on commodity hardware.
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