No dice. I killed "obabel 2GDZ.pdb -O 2GDZ.pdbqt -xr" after 4.5 mins.
Presumably it should only take a few seconds max?

- Noel

On 1 February 2011 14:49, Stuart Armstrong <stuart.armstr...@inhibox.com> wrote:
> Dear Noel,
> Have you tried running it with the -xr option? It sounds like it's trying to
> construct the torsion tree, which would take a huge amount of time for a
> protein. With 'r' it should output rigidly.
> Let me know if this helps,
> Stuart
>
> On 28 January 2011 14:42, Noel O'Boyle <baoille...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've just been trying to prepare a protein for setting up a docking
>> with Autodock. Is this pdbqt format intended for this or is it just
>> for the ligands? The description in the help message is somewhat
>> minimal.
>>
>> In any case, I tried to do this conversion but after several minutes
>> waiting I terminated it and filed a bug:
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3167053&group_id=40728&atid=428740.
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong?
>>
>> - Noel
>>
>> On 1 September 2010 14:52, Stuart Armstrong
>> <stuart.armstr...@inhibox.com> wrote:
>> > Dear Open Babel,
>> > Included here is the pdbqtformat.cpp file, which has read and write
>> > capabilities. The help message (babel -Hpdbqt) gives the options and
>> > reads:
>> > pdbqt  Autodock Protein Data Bank Q (Partial Charge) & Type
>> > Read Options e.g. -ab, -abd
>> >   b  Disable automatic bonding
>> >   d  Input file is in dlg (docking log file) format.
>> > Write options, e.g. -xr, -xp, -xrp
>> >   b  Enables automatic bonding before writing to pdbqt format
>> >   r  Outputs rigid molecule (no branches)
>> >   s  Outputs as a flexible residue
>> >   p  Preserves the atom indexes from the input file (default is to
>> > renumber
>> > sequentially).
>> >
>> > Specification at:
>> >
>> > http://autodock.scripps.edu/faqs-help/faq/what-is-the-format-of-a-pdbqt-file
>> > ------------------------------
>> >
>> > The file makes use of atom and bond indexes, as its method involves
>> > deleting
>> > atoms and bonds one at a time and counting the remaining pieces; this is
>> > done by copying the molecule and operating on the copy, with the indexes
>> > used to identify the relevant components in the original molecule
>> > object.
>> > Tomorrow I should be able to send you a message confirming that you are
>> > free
>> > to distribute the file (let me know if you require anything more).
>> > All the best,
>> > Stuart
>
>

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