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. 2026 May 14;16(28):25529–25547. doi: 10.1039/d6ra02508k

Table 7. Docking results of the potent compounds towards Wild-type S. aureus PBP4 (PDB ID: 5TW8) and DNA gyrase B (PDB ID: 6KZV) binding pockets judged to co-crystallized ligands and reference agents.

Compds S-score (kcal mol−1) RMSD (Å) aBinding amino acids (bond type, length ‘Å’)
5TW8 6KZV 5TW8 6KZV 5TW8 6KZV
4 −7.2545 −7.3414 1.7053 1.8591 ASN 141 (H-acceptor, 3.19) ILE 78 (pi–H, 4.55)
SER 116 (pi–H, 4.56)
6 −7.2781 −7.7133 1.7217 1.0368 SER 116 (H-acceptor, 3.24) ASN 46 (pi–H, 3.85)
ILE 94 (pi–H, 4.29)
7 −7.1188 −8.0359 1.5469 1.8005 SER 262 (H-donor, 3.05) ALA 100 (H-donor, 2.96)
SER 116 (H-acceptor, 3.08) THR 165 (pi–H, 4.50)
ASN 141 (H-acceptor, 2.91)
10 −7.8841 −8.2369 1.6917 1.7899 SER 116 (H-acceptor, 3.06) ASN 46 (pi–H, 3.95)
TYR 239 (pi–H, 4.32)
Co-crystallized ligand −8.0713 −8.3347 1.4939 1.1922 SER 139 (H-donor, 3.08) ASP 73 (H-donor, 2.75)
SER 262 (H-donor, 3.02)
SER 262 (H-donor, 3.11)
GLY 181 (H-donor, 2.80) GLU 50 (H-donor, 2.76)
SER 75 (H-acceptor, 2.80)
SER 262 (H-acceptor, 2.85)
SER 139 (H-acceptor, 2.49) ASP 49 (H-donor, 3.08)
LYS 259 (H-acceptor, 2.64)
THR 260 (H-acceptor, 2.52)
LYS 259 (ionic, 2.64) THR 165 (H-acceptor, 2.81)
LYS 259 (ionic, 3.46)
GLU 297 (ionic, 3.27)
ALA 182 (pi–H, 4.11) ASP 49 (ionic, 3.58)
PHE 243 (pi–H, 4.18)
PHE 241 (pi–pi, 3.83)
bReference agent −7.0120 −7.3800 1.0899 1.2303 SER 262 (H-donor, 3.04) ASP 49 (H-donor, 3.08)
ALA 100 (H-donor, 2.73)
SER 116 (H-acceptor, 3.15) ASP 45 (H-donor, 2.85)
GLU 42 (H-donor, 2.90)
a

Common amino acid between compounds with co-crystallized ligands and reference agents were italicized.

b

Reference agent: linezolid for 5TW8; gentamicin for 6KZV.