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. 2017 Aug 24;12(8):e0183327. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183327

Fig 4. Binding poses on PDF.

Fig 4

a) The PDF binding site consists of the buried Fe (orange) and Glu133 and the exposed Glu42 and Arg97. SACP predicts a water triplet (b) that bridges Glu42 and Arg97. SACP predicts that the 2-hydroxamic indole (C) binds deeply in the pocket H-bonding to Glu133 and has a higher affinity than the 3-substituted molecule, which is predicted to rotate out (d) of the pocket. SACP predicts that N-methylating the 3-sustituted compound (e) is destabilizing, because the methyl group is floating in a vacuum. The N-isopropyl compound fills the pocket (f) created by the waters and thus is predicted to have higher affinity.