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. 2025 Sep 30;10(40):46353–46368. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c10660

5. Binding Free Energy Components for Both the CHIKV nsP2 and DENV NS2B-NS3 Proteases Complexed with Tetraketone Derivatives, Computed from 500 Snapshots through MM-GBSA .

      energy components
protein (receptor)   tetraketone derivatives (ligand) ΔE vdw ΔE ele ΔG pol ΔG nonpol ΔG Total
CHIKV nsP2 Pro 3c AVG –25.0056 –3.9768 10.2266 –2.6412 –21.3971
    SD 4.3016 4.8415 4.5578 0.4706 3.7083
  3f AVG –30.0431 –2.9538 11.705 –2.9296 –24.2215
    SD 3.4509 1.9362 2.1816 0.2957 2.9797
DENV NS2B-NS3 Pro 3c AVG –37.0733 –9.6038 22.0866 –4.1575 –28.748
    SD 2.9428 4.9863 5.3151 0.2583 2.6377
  3f AVG –36.0363 –1.781 12.6947 –4.2725 –29.3951
    SD 4.3016 4.8415 4.5578 0.4706 3.7083
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All energy component values are given in kcal/mol. Components: E vdw, van der Waals energy; E ele, electrostatic energy in the gas phase; Gnon-pol, nonpolar solvation energy; ΔGpol, polar solvation energy. ΔGtotal=ΔEvdW+ΔEele+ΔGnopol+ΔGpol .