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. 2025 Sep 25;14(3):107736. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.107736

Table 5.

∆G Binding affinity (kcal/mol) for each ligand with Hippo signaling pathway proteins

Name of the ligand MST1
LATS1
YAP
TAZ
Binding free energy (kcal/mol)
Caffeic acid -6.9 -6.1 -5.5 -4.8
Chlorogenic -7.6 -7.7 -6.8 -5.8
Cinnamic acid -6.3 -6 -5.7 -4.6
Coumaric acid -6.5 -6.1 -5.8 -4.8
Ellagic acid -8.7 -7.7 -6 -6.3
Ferulic acid -7 -6.3 -5.5 -4.6
Gallic acid -5.8 -6.2 -5 -4.5
Hesperetin -8 -7.3 -6.6 -6.3
Methyl gallate -5.8 -5.4 -4.9 -4.4
Naringenin -7.8 -8.1 -6.5 -6.1
Quercetin -7.4 -8.3 -6.5 -6
Rosmarinic -7.9 -7.2 -6.5 -6.1
Rutin -8.3 -8.9 -7.5 -7.4
Syringic acid -5.9 -5.4 -5 -4.2
Vanillin -5.7 -5.2 -4.6 -3.9

MST1: Mammalian sterile 20-like kinase 1, LATS1: Large tumor suppressor kinase 1, YAP: Yes-associated protein, TAZ: Transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif.