FastROCS UI

FastROCS has a simple interface. To search, we need a query molecule. The query is normally a 3D structure if known, but a 2D structure will be automatically converted to 3D before the search.

To get started, click the “New Query” button.

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There are 3 ways to enter queries.

First, we have a full-featured sketcher allowing creation of queries from scratch. The sketcher also supports paste as long as you copy the molecule as a MOL file or SMILES. For BioviaDraw, use Ctrl+M, for example.

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For a 3D query, use a local molecule file. Click the Browse button, navigate to the file of interest and hit Save.

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SMILES can be entered directly as well.

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Once you have a query, choose one of the available databases to search and then hit the Search button.

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While the search is queued or running, you will see a status page. Once the search is complete, the browser will be re-directed to the results page.

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On the results page, you can view 2D depictions of the shape and color overlaps along with a measure of 2D similarity.

In the upper right, there are 3 choices.

  • Back to Search - perform a new search, starting with this same query.

  • Download Results - download a molecule file of these results.

  • Download PDF - download a PDF representation of the 2D overlap depictions.

Back on the Search page, we have 2 other options.

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  • Edit in 2D … - open the sketcher with the current query loaded

  • Previous Queries - go to page showing all previous queries

Previous queries

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For each query:

  • Results - Load the results page for this query.

  • Search Again - Return to Search page and load this query.

  • Delete - Delete this query and its results from server.