RDKitPerformConstrainedMinimization.py - Perform constrained minimization
RDKitPerformConstrainedMinimization.py [--addHydrogens <yes or no>] [--conformerGenerator <SDG, KDG, ETDG, ETKDG, ETKDGv2>] [--forceField <UFF, or MMFF>] [--forceFieldMMFFVariant <MMFF94 or MMFF94s>] [--energyOut <yes or no>] [--enforceChirality <yes or no>] [--infileParams <Name,Value,...>] [--maxConfs <number>] [--mcsParams <Name,Value,...>] [--mp <yes or no>] [--mpParams <Name,Value,...>] [ --outfileParams <Name,Value,...> ] [--overwrite] [--quiet <yes or no>] [ --removeHydrogens <yes or no>] [--scaffold <auto or SMARTS>] [--scaffoldRMSDOut <yes or no>] [--useTethers <yes or no>] [-w <dir>] -i <infile> -r <reffile> -o <outfile>
RDKitPerformConstrainedMinimization.py -h | --help | -e | --examples
Generate 3D structures for molecules by performing a constrained energy minimization against a reference molecule. An initial set of 3D conformers are generated for the input molecules using distance geometry. A common core scaffold, corresponding to a Maximum Common Substructure (MCS) or an explicit SMARTS pattern, is identified between a pair of input and reference molecules. The core scaffold atoms in input molecules are aligned against the same atoms in the reference molecule. The energy of aligned structures are minimized using the forcefield to generate the final 3D structures.
The supported input file formats are: Mol (.mol), SD (.sdf, .sd), SMILES (.smi .csv, .tsv, .txt)
The supported output file formats are: SD (.sdf, .sd)
Add hydrogens before minimization.
Conformation generation methodology for generating initial 3D coordinates for molecules in input file. A common core scaffold is identified between a pair of input and reference molecules. The atoms in common core scaffold of input molecules are aligned against the reference molecule followed by energy minimization to generate final 3D structure.
The possible values along with a brief description are shown below:
Forcefield method to use for constrained energy minimization. Possible values: Universal Force Field (UFF) [ Ref 81 ] or Merck Molecular Mechanics Force Field [ Ref 83-87 ] .
Variant of MMFF forcefield to use for energy minimization.
Write out energy values.
Enforce chirality for defined chiral centers.
Print examples.
Print this help message.
Input file name.
A comma delimited list of parameter name and value pairs for reading molecules from files. The supported parameter names for different file formats, along with their default values, are shown below:
Possible values for smilesDelimiter: space, comma or tab.
Maximum number of conformations to generate for each molecule by conformation generation methodology for initial 3D coordinates. A constrained minimization is performed using the specified forcefield and the lowest energy conformation is written to the output file.
Parameter values to use for identifying a maximum common substructure (MCS) in between a pair of reference and input molecules.In general, it is a comma delimited list of parameter name and value pairs. The supported parameter names along with their default values are shown below:
Possible values for atomCompare: CompareAny, CompareElements, CompareIsotopes. Possible values for bondCompare: CompareAny, CompareOrder, CompareOrderExact.
A brief description of MCS parameters taken from RDKit documentation is as follows:
Use multiprocessing.
By default, input data is retrieved in a lazy manner via mp.Pool.imap() function employing lazy RDKit data iterable. This allows processing of arbitrary large data sets without any additional requirements memory.
All input data may be optionally loaded into memory by mp.Pool.map() before starting worker processes in a process pool by setting the value of 'inputDataMode' to 'InMemory' in '--mpParams' option.
A word to the wise: The default 'chunkSize' value of 1 during 'Lazy' input data mode may adversely impact the performance. The '--mpParams' section provides additional information to tune the value of 'chunkSize'.
A comma delimited list of parameter name and value pairs to configure multiprocessing.
The supported parameter names along with their default and possible values are shown below:
These parameters are used by the following functions to configure and control the behavior of multiprocessing: mp.Pool(), mp.Pool.map(), and mp.Pool.imap().
The chunkSize determines chunks of input data passed to each worker process in a process pool by mp.Pool.map() and mp.Pool.imap() functions. The default value of chunkSize is dependent on the value of 'inputDataMode'.
The mp.Pool.map() function, invoked during 'InMemory' input data mode, automatically converts RDKit data iterable into a list, loads all data into memory, and calculates the default chunkSize using the following method as shown in its code:
For example, the default chunkSize will be 7 for a pool of 4 worker processes and 100 data items.
The mp.Pool.imap() function, invoked during 'Lazy' input data mode, employs 'lazy' RDKit data iterable to retrieve data as needed, without loading all the data into memory. Consequently, the size of input data is not known a priori. It's not possible to estimate an optimal value for the chunkSize. The default chunkSize is set to 1.
The default value for the chunkSize during 'Lazy' data mode may adversely impact the performance due to the overhead associated with exchanging small chunks of data. It is generally a good idea to explicitly set chunkSize to a larger value during 'Lazy' input data mode, based on the size of your input data and number of processes in the process pool.
The mp.Pool.map() function waits for all worker processes to process all the data and return the results. The mp.Pool.imap() function, however, returns the the results obtained from worker processes as soon as the results become available for specified chunks of data.
The order of data in the results returned by both mp.Pool.map() and mp.Pool.imap() functions always corresponds to the input data.
Output file name.
A comma delimited list of parameter name and value pairs for writing molecules to files. The supported parameter names for different file formats, along with their default values, are shown below:
Overwrite existing files.
Use quiet mode. The warning and information messages will not be printed.
Reference input file name containing a 3D reference molecule. A common core scaffold must be present in a pair of an input and reference molecules. Otherwise, no constrained minimization is performed on the input molecule.
Remove hydrogens after minimization.
Common core scaffold between a pair of input and reference molecules used for constrained minimization of molecules in input file. Possible values: Auto or a valid SMARTS pattern. The common core scaffold is automatically detected corresponding to the Maximum Common Substructure (MCS) between a pair of reference and input molecules. A valid SMARTS pattern may be optionally specified for the common core scaffold.
Write out RMSD value for common core alignment between a pair of input and reference molecules.
Use tethers to optimize the final conformation by applying a series of extra forces to align matching atoms to the positions of the core atoms. Otherwise, use simple distance constraints during the optimization.
Location of working directory which defaults to the current directory.
To perform constrained energy minimization for molecules in a SMILES file against a reference 3D molecule in a SD file using a common core scaffold between pairs of input and reference molecules identified using MCS, generating up to 250 conformations using ETKDG methodology followed by MMFF forcefield minimization, and write out a SD file containing minimum energy structure corresponding to each constrained molecule, type:
To rerun the first example in a quiet mode and write out a SD file, type:
To run the first example in multiprocessing mode on all available CPUs without loading all data into memory and write out a SD file, type:
To rerun the first example in multiprocessing mode on all available CPUs by loading all data into memory and write out a SD file, type:
To rerun the first example using an explicit SMARTS string for a common core scaffold and write out a SD file, type:
To rerun the first example using molecules in a CSV SMILES file, SMILES strings in column 1, name in column2, and write out a SD file, type:
To perform constrained energy minimization for molecules in a SD file against a reference 3D molecule in a SD file using a common core scaffold between pairs of input and reference molecules identified using MCS, generating up to 50 conformations using SDG methodology followed by UFF forcefield minimization, and write out a SD file containing minimum energy structure along with energy and embed RMS values corresponding to each constrained molecule, type:
RDKitCalculateRMSD.py, RDKitCalculateMolecularDescriptors.py, RDKitCompareMoleculeShapes.py, RDKitConvertFileFormat.py, RDKitGenerateConstrainedConformers.py, RDKitPerformMinimization.py
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