General information of database | |
 Database name | PoSSuM |
| Alternative name | Pocket Similarity Search using Multiple-Sketches |
| DOI | 10.18908/lsdba.nbdc01144-000 |
| Creator | |
| Contact address | 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0064 Japan |
| Database classification | Structure Databases - Small molecules |
| Database description | PoSSuM is a database for detecting similar small-molecule binding sites on proteins. We have provided a service named PoSSuM drug search, in which we selected 194 approved drug compounds retrieved from ChEMBL, and detected their known binding pockets and pockets that are similar to them. |
| Features and manner of utilization of database | - |
| License | - |
| Background and funding | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [KAKENHI 23500374]; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25430186 and 25293079]; Platform for Drug Discovery, Informatics, and Structural Life Science from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
| Reference(s) | |
Original website information | |
| Database maintenance site | Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIRC), The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) |
| URL of the original website | http://possum.cbrc.jp/PoSSuM/index.html |
| Operation start date | 2011/11/01 |
| Last update date | 2014/10/15 |
| URL of the portal site | - |
| Whole data download | - |
| Referenced database | PDB, UniProt, ChEMBL, EC, CATH, SCOPe, GO |
| Entry list | Available |
| Query search | Available |
| Web services | Not available |
| URL of Web services | - |
| Need for user registration | Not available |
