# dock

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** dock
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [http://dock.compbio.ucsf.edu/DOCK_6/index.htm](http://dock.compbio.ucsf.edu/DOCK_6/index.htm)

## Software Description

DOCK addresses the problem of \"docking\" molecules to each other. In
general, \"docking\" is the identification of the low-energy binding
modes of a small molecule, or ligand, within the active site of a
macromolecule, or receptor, whose structure is known. A compound that
interacts strongly with, or binds, a receptor associated with a disease
may inhibit its function and thus act as a drug. Solving the docking
problem computationally requires an accurate representation of the
molecular energetics as well as an efficient algorithm to search the
potential binding modes.
## General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

	module load dock

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of dock available.
To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

	module avail dock