Table 6.
The dock score of screened phytochemicals binding at the active site of the ACE2 and their important interactions with various amino acid residues.
Phytochemicals | B.E. (kcal/mole) | Important interactions at SGp-RBD docking site and catalytic sites (HIS345, HIS505 and ARG273) |
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Glycyrrhizinic acid | −9.5 | Hydrogen bond: ARG273, HIS374, TYR515, ASN394; Pi-Alkyl: PHE40, HIS40; Carbon hydrogen bond: GLU402; VDW: ARG393, TYR385, GLU402, ASP350, ALA348, TRP349, ASP382, HIS505, PHE504. |
Maslinic acid | −8.5 | Hydrogen bond: PHE390, GLN388, ARG393, GLU37; Pi-Alkyl: VAL93, LYS26, PRO389; VDW: ASN33, ASP30, GLN96, THR92, ASN90. |
Obacunone | −8.1 | Hydrogen bond: ARG273; Pi-Sigma: PHE504; Pi-Pi T-shaped: PHE504; Pi-Alkyl: TRP271, PHE504; VDW: PHE274, GLU145, HIS505, ASN149, LEU503, TYR127, ASN508, SER128. |
Epoxyazadiradione | −8.0 | Alkyl/Pi-Alkyl: LYS26, PRO389; Pi-Sigma: HIS34; VDW: ASP30, ASN90, VAL93, GLN96, THR92, ASN33, GLU37. |
Azadiradionolide | −8.0 | Hydrogen bond: HIS345, HIS401, ASN394; Alkyl/Pi-Alkyl: HIS373, ALA348, HIS374; VDW: PHE40, TRP349, ASP350, THR347, GLU375, ARG514. |
Ursolic acid | −7.4 | Hydrogen bond: LYS26, ASN90, ARG393; Pi-Alkyl: VAL93, PRO389, HIS34; VDW: ASP30, THR92, GLN96, ASN33, ALA387, GLU37, PHE390. |
Gedunin | −7.3 | Hydrogen bond: HIS345; Alkyl/Pi-Alkyl: LUE370, PRO346, HIS374; Pi-Sigma: HIS374; Carbon hydrogen bond: PRO346; VDW: GLN442, ASP367, SER409, GLU406, GLU402, GLU375, THR371. |