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. 2018 Oct 29;13(10):e0205764. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205764

Table 2. Binding parameters obtained from experimental and theoretical studies at pH 7.4 and T = 309.5K.

Experimental Theoretical
Cyclic Voltammetric UV-Vis spectroscopic Molecular docking
complexes Kb/M1×105 -ΔG/kJmol-1 Binding site size (s)/bp Kb/M-1×105 -ΔG/kJmol-1 Kb/M-1×105 -ΔG/kJmol-1
Binary complexes
AA–DNA 0.034 20.92 2.00 0.02 19.55 0.006 16.46
DXH–DNA 5.00 33.76 1.60 0.17 25.06 3.55 32.88
EpiDXH–DNA 0.11 23.94 1.31 0.14 24.56 0.43 27.45
DNR–DNA 17.2 36.94 1.51 11.80 63.90 42.81 39.29
Binary complexes
DXH–AA 0.0076 17.06 ---------- 0.017 19.14 0.064 21.71
EpiDXH–AA 0.006 16.46 ----------- 0.016 18.98 0.064 21.71
DNR–AA 0.00089 11.55 ---------- 0.028 20.42 0.047 20.94
Route–1 Tert. complexes
DXH–AA–DNA 200.0 43.25 2.72 8.72 35.19 7.31 34.74
EpiDXH–AA–DNA 3.99 33.18 1.55 5.50 34.01 5.93 34.20
DNR–AA-DNA 31.91 38.53 2.00 23.23 31.40 24.61 37.86
Route–2 Tert. complexes
DXH–DNA–AA 30.0 38.37 0.81 1.36 30.41 2.73 32.20
EpiDXH–DNA–AA 1.21 30.11 0.55 2.49 31.97 1.54 30.73
DNR–DNA–AA 2.31 31.779 1.00 0.23 25.84 4.61 33.55