Sdfconf: A Novel, Flexible, and Robust Molecular Data Management Tool

J Chem Inf Model. 2022 Jan 10;62(1):9-15. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.1c01051. Epub 2021 Dec 21.

Abstract

Projects in chemo- and bioinformatics often consist of scattered data in various types and are difficult to access in a meaningful way for efficient data analysis. Data is usually too diverse to be even manipulated effectively. Sdfconf is data manipulation and analysis software to address this problem in a logical and robust manner. Other software commonly used for such tasks are either not designed with molecular and/or conformational data in mind or provide only a narrow set of tasks to be accomplished. Furthermore, many tools are only available within commercial software packages. Sdfconf is a flexible, robust, and free-of-charge tool for linking data from various sources for meaningful and efficient manipulation and analysis of molecule data sets. Sdfconf packages molecular structures and metadata into a complete ensemble, from which one can access both the whole data set and individual molecules and/or conformations. In this software note, we offer some practical examples of the utilization of sdfconf.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computational Biology*
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Management*
  • Software