# Protein-ligand docking via AutoDock Vina

**URL:** <https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/protein-ligand-docking-via-autodock-vina/6642>\
**Category:** usegalaxy.eu support\
**Tags:** gtn-tutorial\
**Created:** [September 7, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/protein-ligand-docking-via-autodock-vina/6642 "2021-09-07T15:35:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![zschong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/zschong/32/1886_2.png) [@zschong](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/zschong)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/protein-ligand-docking-via-autodock-vina/6642/1 "2021-09-07T15:35:32Z")

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Hi there, I have a list of compounds for docking. How do I concatenate them all together (in SMILES) in a single file? Or else I have to dock one by one? Thank you in advance !!

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**Author:** ![simonbray](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/simonbray/32/1258_2.png) [@simonbray](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/simonbray)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/protein-ligand-docking-via-autodock-vina/6642/2 "2021-09-08T08:14:59Z")

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Hi @zschong,

Have you seen our introductory tutorial on protein-ligand docking? [Protein-ligand docking](https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/topics/computational-chemistry/tutorials/cheminformatics/tutorial.html)

It explains how to dock a list of compounds to a protein, starting from a list of SMILES, like you describe.

To concatenate multiple SMILES datasets, try searching for a tool like **Concatenate datasets**.

Best wishes,

Simon