Instruction to authors

Congratulations for choosing PDTDB.

Authors who are willing to contribute their molecular model must satisfy the following requirements.

  1. The molecular docking work must not be copied from any other database.
  2. The molecular docking work may be based on the model present in the other database.
  3. Target molecule can be retrieved from the protein database. On submission, the author must specify the unique accession number, model data, and URL of the model.
  4. If you have used modeled structure for docking, you must provide details about the molecular model (like multiple sequence alignment, template, score, other validation data, server/tool used, submission details, etc..).
  5. For target model, you must provide a short description and all literature sources (URL) used in the description. The content must not be retrieved from copyright protected media.
  6. If you have already published your model or article based on the model in any other database/journal, you can still publish in our database. On submission, the author must specify the unique accession number, model data, and URL of the model.
  7. PDTDB is a open access molecular modeling database. We do not provide content copy protection for your content. Anybody can access or copy your data.
  8. Details of target and disease must be strictly related. You must provide nature and symptoms of the disease and target seperately with proper literature evidence. Also, you must provide a clear picture representing the virus and/or affected region of the disease.
  9. The ligand used in docking must be a natural phytochemical compound. You must provide details of the plant consisting the phytochemical compound.
  10. The ligand may be designed or retrieved from any chemical database. If the structure is retrieved from the database, author must specify the unique accession number, 3D chemical structure, canonical SMILES and URL of the chemical structure. Otherwise, author must submit the 3D chemical structure, canonical SMILES and URL of the description of chemical structure.
  11. Authors must submit both molecular docking structure and docking evaluation output. Also, you must provide a short description and all literature sources (URL) used in the description.
  12. Images of disease and plant should have minimum 500 × 500 pixels resolution, in PNG or JPG file format. Images must not be retrieved from copyright protected media.
  13. Authors can also contribute druggable target and disease detail (or) plant and ligand alone.

If you have any feedback, please write to us at ashok@biogem.org or ashok.bioinformatics@gmail.com.

“Note: Authors are requested to publish your research work in a journal, before submitting your model to our database. Somebody may copy and republish your research work. If you have already published your research work in a journal, kindly mention the details of publication while submitting your model to our database.”