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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 20.
Published in final edited form as: Biochemistry. 2009 Jan 20;48(2):399–414. doi: 10.1021/bi8017043

Table 2.

Free Energy Calculations for Native and Designer Complexesa

receptor ligand PDB type stability 〈ΔGELE 〈ΔGPB 〈ΔGPBELE 〈ΔGSA 〈ΔGvdW 〈ΔGNP TΔSNM 〈ΔGcalc 〈ΔGexp
barnase barstar 1BRS native stable −527.0 ± 2.5 588.6 ± 2.3 61.6 ± 0.9 −12.2 ± 0.03 −93.5 ± 0.3 −105.7 ± 0.3 −47.0 ± 1.2 2.9 ± 1.4 −17.3
barnase barstar NMR 1BTA grafted stable −429.1 ± 2.0 474.2 ± 1.7 45.1 ± 1.1 −12.0 ± 0.05 −87.2 ± 0.5 −99.2 ± 0.5 −45.6 ± 1.2 −8.4 ± 1.6
barnase NS1 RNA binding domain 1AIL grafted unstable −139.6 ± 4.9 185.4 ± 5.4 51.8 ± 0.8 −11.5 ± 0.06 −71.8 ± 0.5 −83.3 ± 0.5 −49.4 ± 1.0 17.9 ± 1.3
barnase IF-3 C-terminal domain 1TIG grafted unstable −327.9 ± 1.9 384.7 ± 2.1 55.9 ± 1.1 −10.5 ± 0.04 −69.3 ± 0.4 −79.8 ± 0.4 −43.0 ± 1.1 19.0 ± 1.5
barnase allergen PHL P2 1WHO grafted unstable −441.1 ± 5.5 487.2 ± 6.5 55.7 ± 0.8 −9.3 ± 0.04 −52.8 ± 0.3 −62.1 ± 0.3 −40.6 ± 1.4 34.2 ± 1.6
lysozyme antibody D1.3 1VFB native stable 121.1 ± 1.1 −68.6 ± 1.0 52.5 ± 0.5 −10.8 ± 0.04 −73.7 ± 0.3 −84.5 ± 0.3 −43.5 ± 1.3 11.5 ± 1.4 −11.5
lysozyme scorpion toxin BJXTR-IT 1BCG grafted stable −203.7 ± 1.7 245.97 ± 1.7 42.3 ± 0.2 −10.2 ± 0.01 −73.3 ± 0.2 −83.5 ± 0.2 −42.8 ± 1.2 1.6 ± 1.2
lysozyme MPB1 1BM8 grafted stable 180.6 ± 1.5 126.8 ± 1.3 53.7 ± 0.5 −10.6 ± 0.03 −70.0 ± 0.3 −80.6 ± 0.3 −41.9 ± 1.9 15.1 ± 2.0
lysozyme α-amylase inhibitor 1HOE grafted unstable −499.6 ± 2.3 530.4 ± 2.1 30.5 ± 0.6 −8.2 ± 0.03 −48.3 ± 0.3 −56.5 ± 0.3 −38.5 ± 1.2 12.5 ± 1.4
trypsin BPTI 2PTC native stable 234.3 ± 1.5 224.0 ± 1.3 10.3 ± 0.6 −11.1 ± 0.03 −90.4 ± 0.3 −101.5 ± 0.3 −47.5 ± 1.3 −43.7 ± 1.4 −18
trypsin CheY 1TMY grafted stable −28.8 ± 1.6 70.8 ± 1.4 42.1 ± 0.8 −16.4 ± 0.04 −120.7 ± 0.4 −137.1 ± 0.4 −53.2 ± 1.5 −41.8 ± 1.8
trypsin tenascin 1TEN grafted stable −405.5 ± 1.1 454.7 ± 1.1 49.1 ± 0.6 −17.6 ± 0.03 −122.5 ± 0.4 −140.1 ± 0.4 −57.3 ± 1.2 −33.6 ± 1.2
trypsin allergen PHL P2 1WHO grafted unstable −330.3 ± 1.1 358.0 ± 1.0 27.8 ± 0.6 −12.7 ± 0.04 −83.0 ± 0.3 −95.7 ± 0.3 −52.4 ± 1.3 −15.6 ± 1.4
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Units in kcal/mol; ΔGELE, nonsolvent electrostatic potential energy; ΔGPB, electrostatic contributions to the solvation free energy calculated with Poisson–Boltzmann equation; ΔGPBELE, electrostatic potential energy; ΔGSA, nonpolar contributions to solvation free energy; ΔGvdW, van der Waals potential energy; ΔGNP, nonpolar potential energy; TΔSNM, the entropic contribution calculated with normal−mode analysis to the free energy of binding; ΔGcalc, calculated binding free energy; Gexp, experimental binding free energy.