DATABASE SYSTEM AND METHOD USEFUL FOR PREDICTING PUTATIVE LIGAND BINDING SITES

摘要

A method of identifying at least one consensus structural characteristic of binding sites of a ligand of interest is provided. The method is effected by: (a) obtaining structural data pertaining to a plurality of proteins while complexed with the ligand of interest; and (b) extracting from the structural data at least one consensus structural characteristic characterizing an interaction between the ligand of interest and at least one of the plurality of proteins, thereby identifying at least one consensus structural characteristic of binding sites of the ligand of interest.