FTDock outputs multiple predictions that can be screened using biochemical information. FTDock implements the Fourier correlation algorithm of Katchalski-Katzir and coworkers plus an electrostatics function amenable to Fourier correlation that was developed in this laboratory. It has been shown that this can reduce dramatically the list of possible complexes within which can be found a correct solution. This program is fully integrated with the present version of FTDock. We have tested the combined algorithms on over a dozen protein-protein systems with good results .
All software is available for download .
It was written in Fortran 77 with parallel capabilities for a Silicon Graphics Challenge machine. It was used for the CASP2 conference with some success. It is written in C, with no parallel capabilities at present. A primary reason for rewriting was portability. MultiDock was written by Richard Jackson.