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. 2021 May 26;8:625391. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.625391

TABLE 3.

Ligand interactions with amino acids of the protein active site.

S/L no Compound name Hydrogen bond interaction Hydrophobic bond interaction
1. Vitamin E acetate HIS41 (Pi-Alkyl)
HIS41 (Pi-Alkyl)
TYR 54 (Pi-Alkyl)
CYS 44 (Alkyl)
MET 49 (Alkyl)
Met 165 (Alkyl)
PRO 168 (Alkyl)
PRO 168 (Alkyl)
2. Juniper camphor MET 165 MET 49 (Alkyl)
MET 165 (Alkyl)
PRO 168 (Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
ASP 147 (Carbon)
3. Ethyl 4-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate CYS 44 HIS 41 (Carbon)
ASP 187 (Fluorine)
MET 165 (Pi-Sulfur)
MET 49 (Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Pi-T-Shaped)
ARG (Amide-Pi-Stacked)
4. Alpha-amyrin HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
CYS 141 (Alkyl)
CYS 141 (Alkyl)
CYS 44 (Alkyl)
MET 165 (Alkyl)
MET 49 (Alkyl)
MET 49 (Alkyl)
MET 49 (Alkyl)
5. 6-Methoxy-2,5,8-trimethyl 2-(4,8,12trimethyltridecyl) 3,4-dihydrochromene CYS 145 (Pi-Alkyl)
CYS 145 (Pi-Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
THR 24 (Carbon)
6. Betulinaldehyde GLN 189 CYS 145 (Alkyl)
MET 165 (Alkyl)
MET 49 (Alkyl)
MET 49 (Alkyl)
MET 49 (Alkyl)
CYS 41 (Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
7. Bicyclo[4.3.0]nonane, 1 isopropenyl-4,5-dimethyl-5-phenylsulfonylmethyl CYS 145 MET 49 (Alkyl)
MET 49 (Alkyl)
MET 165 (Alkyl)
MET 165 (Alkyl)
CYS 44 (Alkyl)
CYS 44 (Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
8. Glyceryl palmitate MET 43 (Alkyl)
9. Methyl palmitate SER 46 MET 165 (Alkyl)
10. Palmitic acid SER 46 MET 165 (Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Alkyl)
THR 145 (Carbon)
11. Stearic acid GLN 189 CYS 44 (Alkyl)
GLN 192 MET 49 (Alkyl)
THR 190 GLN 189 (Carbon)
THR 190 THR 190 (Acceptor-Acceptor)
12. Olean-12-en-3-ol, acetate, (3.beta.)- THR 26 MET 165 (Alkyl)
MET 165 (Alkyl)
MET 165 (Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Sigma)
MET 49 (Alkyl)
MET 49 (Alkyl)
THR 25 (Carbon)
THR 26 (Carbon)
13. Methyl pentadecanoate MET 49 (Alkyl)
MET 165 (Alkyl)
LEU 167 (Alkyl)
PRO 168 (Alkyl)
CYS 44 (Alkyl)
CYS 44 (Carbon)
CYS 44 (Carbon)
14. Tridecanedial CYS 44 THR 190 (Acceptor-Acceptor)
GLN 192
15. Methyl n-undecanoate HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
PRO 168 (Carbon)
16. Vitamin E CYS 44 (Alkyl)
MET 49 (Alkyl)
MET 49 (Alkyl)
MET 165 (Alkyl)
MET 165 (Alkyl)
LEU 167 (Alkyl)
PRO 168 (Alkyl)
PRO 168 (Alkyl)
Standard
 17. Nelfinavir HIS 41 CYS 44 (Pi-Sulfur)
GLU 166 CYS 145 (Pi-Sulfur)
MET 49 (Pi-Sulfur)
MET 165 (Amide-Pi-Stacked)
HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
GLU 166 (Carbon)
 18. Lopinavir GLN 189 PRO 168 (Pi-Sigma)
GLU 166 PRO 168 (Alkyl)
CYS 141 HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
THR 26 HIS 41 (Pi-Alkyl)
HIS 41 (Pi-Pi-T Shaped)
GLN 189 (Amide-Pi-Stacked)
MET 165 (Pi-Sulfur)
MET 49 (Pi-Sulfur)
CYS 145 (Pi-Sulfur)