Add an import SMILES function to drug design puzzles

Started by JellyJump

jeff101 Lv 1

I think it would be very helpful to let the Small-Molecule Design tool in Foldit have a textbox that accepts SMILES format as input and converts this into the present design for the small molecule. It would also help if this textbox would update itself regularly so that it always lists the latest SMILES format for the present small molecule as the player changes its design using other parts of the Small-Molecule Design tool. Several recent puzzles (like 2310 & 2313) have me exploring non-Foldit databases for small molecule design ideas, and several of these databases have pages that convert 2D sketches of compounds into SMILES code, and vice versa (see, for example, https://zinc20.docking.org/substances/home/, https://sw.docking.org/search.html, and https://arthor.docking.org/index.html). Also, most compounds I have found on these databases are listed with their SMILES code, and the databases themselves can be searched using SMILES code. Having SMILES code as part of a Foldit tool would make it easier for players to learn this useful small molecule format.