ligandbyte
Ligandbyte is a proposed unit of information used in cheminformatics and bioinformatics to quantify the data content required to uniquely describe a ligand in digital form. It functions as a metaphorical measure, analogous to a byte, but tailored to encode ligand identity and related properties within computational workflows.
The term combines ligand and byte, reflecting its purpose as a currency of data associated with small
In practice, a fixed-length encoding scheme would map these components into a binary representation, with each
Ligandbyte is not an established standard in current scientific practice. Its use is primarily found in theoretical,
See also: bit, byte, SMILES, InChI, pharmacophore fingerprint, ligand efficiency.