title: Identification of tunnels in proteins, nucleic acids, inorganic materials and molecular ensembles.
abstract: The knowledge of the access paths connecting interior of molecular systems with surrounding environment is important for the understanding of structurefunction relationships and engineering of molecules for biotechnological applications. CAVER is a computer program developed for calculations of tunnels, channels or pores in the biomolecules, inorganic materials and molecular ensembles. The algorithm performs a skeleton search based on a reciprocal distance function grid. The algorithm is implemented in the stand-alone version, web version and as plug-in for PyMol. CAVER is available from the website http://loschmidt.chemi.muni.cz/caver.
authors.affiliation: Loschmidt Laboratories, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. jiri@chemi.muni.cz
authors.forename: Jirí
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Damborský
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrek
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Banás
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Otyepka
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D007287:Inorganic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D007287:Inorganic Chemicals; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009696:Nucleic Acids; D011506:Proteins