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. 2021 Jan 26;11(2):160. doi: 10.3390/biom11020160

Table 2.

Activity of compounds on different structural properties of EGFR and its mutants as ATP competitive inhibitors. The binding free energy is given in Kcal/mol and the distances are in Å.

EGFR Mutants exon19del EGFR_L858R Wildtype EGFR
Inhibitor Properties Chain A Chain B Chain A Chain B Chain A Chain B
Erlotinib Binding Energy of inhibitor −46.61 −36.29 −63.30 −56.41 −62.06 −40.37
Binding Energy of ATP −35.92 −32.26 −38.51 −37.26 −38.94 −56.57
DFG motif and αC-helix orientation * Out In In In In In
Distance between Lys745 and Glu762 3.6 and 3.1 3.4 and 3.2 3.9 and 2.8 9.6 and 6.4 6.4 and 4.7 6.5 and 7.5
Downward movement of P loop No Yes Yes No No Yes
CAPE Binding Energy of inhibitor −38.15 − 58.83 −45.43 −49.22 −65.68 −63.23
Binding Energy of ATP −37.61 −34.63 −26.92 −23.62 −58.39 −30.15
DFG motif and αC-helix orientation * In In In In In In
Distance between Lys745 and Glu762 3.6 and 3.5 3.4 and 3.7 3.9 and 3.1 9.6 and 6.5 6.4 and 3.9 6.5 and 10.1
Downward movement of P loop Yes yes Yes Yes No Yes
Wi-A Binding Energy of inhibitor −49.35 −46.23 −22.52 −44.50 −49.50 −48.78
Binding Energy of ATP −45.06 −30.59 −56.43 −62.40 −35.78 −35.78
DFG motif and αC-helix orientation * In In In In In In
Distance between Lys745 and Glu762 3.6 and 3.4 3.4 and 3.2 3.9 and 3.1 9.6 and 6.4 6.4 and 3.5 6.5 and 6.4
Downward movement of P loop No No No No No Yes
Wi-N Binding Energy of inhibitor −59.83 −22.21 −45.76 −51.86 −44.88 −51.70
Binding Energy of ATP −14.15 −23.45 −20.82 −20.29 −35.42 −37.25
DFG motif and αC-helix orientation * In In In In In In
Distance between Lys745 and Glu762 3.6 and 3.6 3.4 and 3.2 3.9 and 3.7 9.6 and 6.4 6.4 and 3.3 6.5 and 7.8
Downward movement of P loop Yes Yes Yes Yes No No

* ‘In’ refers to DFG and αC-helix inward conformation; ‘Out’ refers to DFG and αC-helix outward conformation.