User Manual: PostgreSQL

Basics

Data representation

Bingo supports Daylight SMILES with some ChemAxon extensions and MDL (Symyx) Molfile/Rxnfile formats both in the text and binary representation. Please look at the corresponding section of Bingo User Manual for Oracle for details.

Storage

Suppose you have a table with a text, varchar or bytea column containing a Molfiles/Rxnfiles or SMILES with molecules or reactions.

Once you have prepared your table, you can execute CheckMolecule or CheckReaction to ensure that all the records are valid. These functions return not null string with invalid records corresponding error messages. All molecules or reactions that are in this table will be excluded from the chemical index. You can update these molecules later after indexing.

After you have prepared and checked your table, you can execute Create Index to make Bingo search procedures available for you table. The more records the table contains, the longer it takes to create an index.

Queries

You can specify the query molecule as a varchar string containing a Molfile (including various query features), a SMILES, or a SMARTS string. For reaction queries, use Rxnfiles, reaction SMILES, or reaction SMARTS.

Molecules

Creating an Index

The following command creates the index:

create index $index on $table using bingo_idx ($column bingo.molecule)
  • $table is the name of the table containing molecules in the column $column.
  • $index is the name of the new index.

Updating and Dropping Index

You can add, remove, or edit records in the table after the index is created. Adding records does not slow down the queries, i.e. the performance will be the same as if you had indexed the whole table at once. No re- indexing is required after adding the records.

After you delete, you must call autovacuum utility functions to clean up the index.

The general form of substructure search query is as follows:

select * from $table where $column @ ('$query', '$parameters')::bingo.sub
  • $table is the name of the table containing molecules in the column $column.
  • $query is a text string containing the query molfile or SMILES.
  • $parameters is a varchar string that can be empty or contain some options to pass to Bingo search engine.

Please see the corresponding section of Bingo User Manual for Oracle to learn the rules of Bingo substructure matching (including Resonance search, Conformation search, Affine transformation search), and various query features available.

The syntax of SMARTS expression search is similar to the ordinary substructure search:

select * from $table where $column @ ('$query', '$parameters')::bingo.smarts
  • $table is the name of the table containing molecules in the column $column.
  • $query is a text string containing the query molfile or SMILES.
  • $parameters is a varchar string that can be empty or contain some options to pass to Bingo search engine.

Please see the corresponding section of Bingo User Manual for Oracle to learn the rules of SMARTS matching in Bingo.

The general form of exact search query is as follows:

select * from $table where $column @ ('$query', '$parameters')::bingo.exact
  • $table is the name of the table containing molecules in the column $column.
  • $query is a text string containing the query molfile or SMILES.
  • $parameters is a varchar string that can be empty or contain some options to pass to Bingo search engine.

Please see the corresponding section of Bingo User Manual for Oracle to learn the rules of Bingo exact matching and various flags available for $parameters string.

Tautomer search is implemented within Substructure and Exact search functions, and requires TAU flag to be specified in $parameters string. Please see the corresponding section of Bingo User Manual for Oracle to learn the rules of Bingo exact and substructure tautomer matching.

Customizing the Rules

Your database (to which you have installed Bingo) contains a table called bingo.bingo_tau_config. By default it contains 3 records with predefined rules. You can add, remove, or update the defined rules. Please see the corresponding section of Bingo User Manual for Oracle to learn the format of the tautomer matching rules.

The general form of similarity search query is as follows:

select * from $table where $column @ ($bottom, $top, '$query', '$metric')::bingo.sim
  • $table is the name of the table containing molecules in the column $column.
  • $query is a text string containing the query molfile or SMILES.
  • $metric is a varchar string defining the metric to use: Tanimoto, Tversky, or Euclid-sub.
  • $bottom and $top are real numbers that specify bottom and top limits of the required similarity, respectively.

By default, the bottom limit is zero and the top limit is 1, which is the maximum possible value of similarity. You can specify null in place of $bottom or $top to disable the lower or upper bound. In most cases, you may want to cancel the upper bound:

select * from $table where $column @ (0.8, null, '$query', 'Tanimoto')::bingo.sim

Please see the corresponding section of Bingo User Manual for Oracle to learn more about the metrics.

The general form of gross formula search query is as follows:

select * from $table where $column @ ('$query', '$parameters')::bingo.gross
  • $table is the name of the table containing molecules in the column $column.
  • $query is a text string which looks like ”>= Cl6”, ”? C4 H4 O”, or ”= C6 H6”.
  • $parameters is a varchar string that can be empty or contain some options to pass to Bingo search engine.

Please see the corresponding section of the Bingo User Manual for Oracle to see some examples.

The general form of molecular weight query is as follows:

select bingo.getWeight('$molecule', '$mass_type')

To use the bingo index the search query is:

select * from $table where $column > '$bottom'::bingo.mass AND $column < '$top'::bingo.mass
  • $table is the name of the table containing molecules in the column $column.
  • $bottom and $top are numbers that specify the range to which the molecular weight of the resulting molecules must belong.

Format Conversion

You can convert a molecule to SMILES string using the function:

select bingo.SMILES('$molecule');

You can convert a molecule to Molfile using the function:

select bingo.Molfile('$molecule');

The automatic layout procedure is performed to calculate the 2D coordinates of the resulting molecule.

You can convert a molecule to CML format using the function:

select bingo.CML('$molecule');
  • $molecule is a text string containing the query molfile or SMILES.
Canonical SMILES computation

You can use the function:

select bingo.CanSMILES('$molecule')

to generate canonical SMILES strings for molecules represented as Molfiles or SMILES strings. Please see the corresponding section of Bingo User Manual for Oracle to learn the benefits of Bingo canonical SMILES format.

Molecule Fingerprints

You can generate a molecule fingerprint via bingo.Fingeprint function. The syntax is the same as for Bingo for Oracle, and it is described in this section.

InChI and InChIKey

You can use bingo.InChI and bingo.InChIKey function to get InChI and InChIKey strings. The syntax is the same as for Bingo for Oracle, and it is described in this section.

Reactions

Creating an Index

The following command creates the index:

create index $index on $table using bingo_idx ($column bingo.reaction)
  • $table is the name of the table containing chemical reaction data in the column $column.
  • $index is the name of the new index.

The general form of reaction substructure search query is as follows:

select * from $table where $column @ ('$query', '$parameters')::bingo.rsub
  • $table is the name of the table containing chemical reaction data in the column $column.
  • $query is a text string containing the query Rxnfile or reaction SMILES.
  • $parameters is a varchar string that can be empty or contain some options to pass to Bingo search engine.

Please see the corresponding section of Bingo User Manual for Oracle to learn the rules of Bingo reaction substructure matching and various query features available.

The syntax of SMARTS expression search is similar to the ordinary substructure search:

select * from $table where $column @ ('$query', '$parameters')::bingo.rsmarts
  • $table is the name of the table containing chemical reaction data in the column $column.
  • $query is a text string containing the query Rxnfile or reaction SMILES.
  • $parameters is a varchar string that can be empty or contain some options to pass to Bingo search engine.

Please see the corresponding section of Bingo User Manual for Oracle to learn the rules of SMARTS matching in Bingo.

The general form of exact search query is as follows:

select * from $table where $column @ ('$query', '$parameters')::bingo.rexact
  • $table is the name of the table containing chemical reaction data in the column $column.
  • $query is a text string containing the query Rxnfile or reaction SMILES.
  • $parameters is a varchar string that can be empty or contain some options to pass to Bingo search engine.

Please see the corresponding section of Bingo User Manual for Oracle to learn the rules of Bingo exact matching and various flags available for $parameters string.

Automatic Atom-to-Atom mapping

You can compute reaction AAM by calling the function:

select bingo.AAM('$reaction', '$strategy');
  • $reaction is a text string containing reaction SMILES or Rxnfile.
  • $strategy is a varchar string defining the strategy to use: CLEAR, DISCARD, ALTER or KEEP.
  • The return value is an Rxnfile. In case the given reaction is represented as a reaction SMILES, the automatic reaction layout is performed.

The corresponding section of Bingo User Manual for Oracle describes the allowable values of the $strategy parameter and shows some examples.

Format Conversion

You can convert a reaction to reaction SMILES string using the function:

select bingo.RSMILES('$reaction')

You can convert a reaction SMILES string to Rxnfile using the function:

select bingo.Rxnfile('$reaction');

The automatic layout procedure is performed to calculate the 2D coordinates of the resulting reaction.

You can convert a reaction to a reaction CML using the function:

select bingo.RCML('$reaction');
  • $reaction is a text string containing reaction SMILES or Rxnfile.

Reaction Fingerprints

You can generate a reaction fingerprint via bingo.RFingeprint function. The syntax is the same as for Bingo for Oracle, and it is described in this section.

Importing and Exporting Data

Importing SDFiles, RDFiles and SMILES

You can import a molecule or reaction table from an SDF file. You can also import SDF fields corresponding to each record in the SDF file. Prior to importing, you have to create the table manually:

create table $table ($id int, $column text, ...);
select bingo.ImportSDF ('$table', '$column', '$sdf_id $id[, $other_columns]', '$filename.sdf[.gz]');
  • $table is the name of the table containing molfiles in $column
  • $id is another column of the table, containing unique integer identifiers, which are read from $sdf_id field of the SDF file.
  • $other_columns is the comma-separated list of space-separated 'property-column' pairs that are to be imported. Each given SDF property is mapped to the given table column. You can specify an empty string if there are no properties to import.
  • $filename is the location of the resulting file on the server filesystem.

A simple example of importing the NCI 2D compound database would be the following:

create table nci (nsc int, molfile text);
select bingo.ImportSDF('nci', 'molfile', 'nsc nsc', 'C:/Users/Administrator/july2008_2d.sdf');

Importing RDF files is done with ImportRDF() function the same way as SDF files:

create table $table ($id int, $column text, ...);
select bingo.ImportRDF ('$table', '$column', '$rdf_id $id[, $other_columns]', '$filename.rdf[.gz]');

Importing multi-line molecule or reaction SMILES file is done the similar way with the ImportSMILES() function:

select bingo.ImportSMILES('$table', '$column', '$id', '$filename');
  • $table, $column, and $filename have the usual meaning
  • $id is the column where molecule and reaction identifiers go. The identifier within SMILES string is anything that goes after the molecule or reaction, separated by space. It is allowed to pass an empty string or NULL as the $id parameter, if there are no identifiers in the SMILES file subject to import.

Note: When you import the file contents to a table, the old table contents are not removed. Thus, you can import multiple files into the same table.

Exporting SDFiles and RDFiles

You can export a molecule table to a SDF file. You can also export table fields corresponding to each record in the SDF file:

create table $table ($id int, $column text, ...);
...
select bingo.ExportSDF ('$table', '$column', '$id[, $other_columns]', '$filename.sdf');
  • $table is the name of the table containing molfiles in $column
  • $id is another column of the table, containing unique integer identifiers, which are written to $id field of the SDF file.
  • $other_columns is the comma-separated list of space-separated 'property-column' pairs that are to be imported. Each given SDF property is mapped to the given table column. You can specify an empty string if there are no properties to export.
  • $filename is the location of the resulting file on the server filesystem.

A simple example of exporting the NCI 2D compound database would be the following:

create table nci (nsc int, molfile text);
...
select bingo.ExportSDF('nci', 'molfile', 'nsc', 'C:/Users/Administrator/july2008_2d.sdf');

Exporting RDF files is done with ExportRDF() function the same way as SDF files:

create table $table ($id int, $column text, ...);
...
select bingo.ExportRDF ('$table', '$column', '$id[, $other_columns]', '$filename.rdf');

Utility functions

Extracting Names

bingo.Name function extracts the molecule or reaction name from Molfile, Rxnfile, or SMILES string.

select bingo.Name(molfile) from mytable;

select bingo.Name('c1ccc2ccccc2c1 Naphthalene');

Calculating Molecule Properties

bingo.getMass function returns the molecular weight of the given molecule, represented as a Molfile or SMILES string. It has an additional parameter which defines the 'kind' of the resulting molecular mass value.

  • Bingo.getMass($molecule, ' is a short for Bingo.getWeight($molecule, 'molecular-weight').
  • Bingo.getWeight($molecule, 'molecular-weight') returns the molecular weight.
  • Bingo.getWeight($molecule, 'most-abundant-mass') returns the most abundant mass, which is calculated using most likely isotopic composition for a single random molecule.
  • Bingo.getWeight($molecule, 'monoisotopic-mass') returns the monoisotopic mass, which is calculated using the most abundant isotope of each element.

Here are some examples of using the Bingo.getMass() operator:

select bingo.getMass('C1C=CC=CC=1', '');

select bingo.getWeight(molfile, 'most-abundant-mass') from mytable;

Similarly, bingo.Gross() function returns the gross formula of the given molecule

select bingo.Gross('C1C=CC=CC=1');

select bingo.Gross(molfile) from mytable;

Checking for Correctness

You can use the bingo.CheckMolecule() function to check that molecules are presented in acceptable form. If the molecule has some problems (unsupported format, exceeded valence, incorrect stereochemistry), the functions returns a string with the description of the problem. Is the molecule is represented with a correct Molfile or SMILES string, the function returns null.

select bingo.CheckMolecule($molecule);

select $table.*, bingo.CheckMolecule($column) from $table where bingo.CheckMolecule($column) is not null;

Similarly, you can check reactions for correctness with the bingo.CheckReaction() function:

select bingo.CheckReaction($reaction);

select $table.*, bingo.CheckReaction($column) from $table where bingo.CheckReaction($column) is not null;

Reading Files on Server

The Bingo.FileToText() function accepts a text file path and loads a file from the server file system to PostgreSQL text.

select bingo.FileToText($path);

Usually you may want to load the query molecule in the following way:

select * form $table where $column @ (bingo.FileToText($path), '')::bingo.sub;

The Bingo.FileToBlob() function accepts a text file path and loads a file from the server file system to PostgreSQL bytea.

select bingo.FileToBlob($path);

Permissions management

Let the schema name bingo was specified during installation of the Bingo cartridge. Let the user test_user is going to create the bingo index on a table. There are two objects user will work with to create the bingo index.

  • Schema bingo. All procedures and functions are signed by a certificate that is mapped to this schema.
  • Two configuration tables bingo.bingo_config and bingo.bingo_tau_config with all the index parameters

So for precise permissions management you need:

  • For Bingo index creation your need to grant user test_user usage permissions on the schema bingo
  • Add permission to read table bingo.bingo_config and bingo.bingo_tau_config

Set permissions for building the index

grant usage on schema bingo to test_user;
grant select on table bingo.bingo_config to test_user;
grant select on table bingo.bingo_tau_config to test_user;

Maintenance

Obtaining Bingo Version Number

select bingo.GetVersion();

Viewing the Log File

All operation of Bingo is logged into the PostgreSQL native LOG. All error and warning messages (not necessarily visible in SQL session) are logged. Some performance measures of the SQL queries are written to the log as well.

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