LigPlot+ Reviews in 2026

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Labs and researchers interested in a solution to create and visualize ligand-protein interaction diagrams

About LigPlot+

LigPlot+ is a successor to our original LIGPLOT program for the automatic generation of 2D ligand-protein interaction diagrams. It is run from an intuitive java interface that allows on-screen editing of the plots via mouse click-and-drag operations. In addition to the new interface, the program includes several major enhancements over the old version. When two or more ligand-protein complexes are sufficiently similar, LigPlot+ can automatically display their interaction diagrams either superposed or side by side. Any conserved interactions are highlighted. The LigPlot+ suite also now includes an update of the original DIMPLOT program for plotting protein-protein or domain-domain interactions. Users can flexibly select the interface of interest and DIMPLOT will then generate a diagram showing the residue-residue interactions across the interface. To assist in interpretation, the residues in one of the interfaces can be optionally displayed in sequence order.

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