Table 2. Evolution of the Structure of the Protein Complexes for the Oxidized and Reduced Variants Observed during 20 ns Molecular Dynamics Simulationsa.
protein systems | number of disulfide moieties remaining | disulfide bridges present | RMSD (Å) | fluctuation (Å) |
---|---|---|---|---|
CoVox···ACE2ox | 6 | CoV: C366:::C419, C467:::C474, ACE2: C133:::C141, C344:::C361, C366:::C419, C530:::C542 | 2.0 | 0.2 |
CoVred···ACE2ox | 4 | ACE2: C133:::C141, C344:::C361, C366:::C419, C530:::C542 | 3.8 | 0.3 |
CoVox···ACE2red | 2 | CoV: C366:::C419, C467:::C474 | 3.1 | 0.3 |
CoVred···ACE2red | 0 | none | 3.6 | 0.2 |
CoV-2ox···ACE2ox | 8 | CoV-2: C336:::C361, C379:::C432, C391:::C525, C480:::C488, ACE2: C133:::C141, C344:::C361, C366:::C419, C530:::C542 | ||
CoV-2red···ACE2ox | 4 | ACE2: C133:::C141, C344:::C361, C366:::C419, C530:::C542 | 2.7 | 0.2 |
CoV-2ox···ACE2red | 4 | CoV-2: C336:::C361, C379:::C432, C391:::C525, C480:::C488 | 2.8 | 0.2 |
CoV-2red···ACE2red | 0 | none | 3.1 | 0.2 |
For each protein system, the “RMSD” column contains the average of the last 5 ns RMSD, and the “fluctuation” column represents the standard deviation computed based on the starting structure as a reference.