VEGA was developed to create a bridge between most of the molecular
software packages, like BioDock, Quanta/CHARMm, Insight II, Mopac, etc. In this tool have
been also implemented some features that are useful to analyze, display and manage the 3D
structures of molecules. VEGA is written in high portable code (standard C language) and
can be executed on a lot of hardware systems simply recompiling the source code. The
program is already tested on the following operating systems: IRIX (Silicon Graphics),
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP PCs, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, AmigaOS, etc.
The most important features implemented in VEGA are:
- Supported input file formats: Alchemy, BioDock output, MSI Quanta/CHARMm CRD and DCD, Cambridge Data
File (CSSR), QMC, GAMESS cartesian and output, Gromos/Gromacs .gro and .xtc, HyperChem
(HIN), Interchange File Format (IFF), Tripos Sybyl (Mol2), MDL Molfile, MSI Quanta MSF,
Protein Data Bank (PDB), Protein Data Bank Fat (PDBF), Protein Data Bank
MultiModel, MSI/Biosym Insight (.car), Mopac internal coordinates, cartesian coordinates (XYZ).
- Supported output file formats: Alchemy, MSI Quanta/CHARMm CRD, Cambridge Data File
(CSSR), Fasta, GAMESS cartesian, Gromos, Interchange File Format (IFF), MDL Molfile,
Tripos Sybyl (Mol2), MSI Quanta MSF, Protein Data Bank (PDB), Protein Data Bank with
atomic charges (PDBQ), Protein Data Bank Fat (PDBF), Protein Data Bank simplified,
MSI/Biosym .car (old and new), Mopac internal coordinates, VRML, Cartesian coordinates
(XYZ).