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. 2021 Sep 16;12(1):73–89. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2021.09.002

Table 2.

The residues that interact with the 6 potential natural products within the ACE2-free spike and spike-ACE2 complex proteins.

Compound ACE2-free spike protein
Spike-ACE2 complex protein
Electrostatic interactions (Å) Hydrophobic interactions (Å) Electrostatic interactions (Å) Hydrophobic interactions (Å)
Dioscin Tyr351 (2.25 Å), Asn354 (2.45 Å) Phe486 (5.05 Å), Arg346 (4.18 Å), Ala348 (3.46 Å), Ala352 (3.77 Å), Leu452 (4.34 Å, 5.36 Å), Leu492 (5.47 Å, 5.00 Å), Pro463 (3.91 Å, 5.23 Å) Asp30 (2.51 Å), Lys417 (2.45 Å), Asp420 (2.59 Å), Asn460 (2.87 Å), Tyr421 (2.40 Å), Lys458 (2.35 Å) His34 (5.02 Å, 5.47 Å), Tyr473 (5.41 Å), Lys417 (3.96 Å, 4.72 Å), Lys26 (4.45 Å)
Celastrol Phe490 (2.05 Å, 2.48 Å), Glu465 (3.75 Å), Ile468 (5.32 Å), Phe486 (5.41 Å), Leu492 (5.31 Å), Leu452 (3.95 Å, 4.67 Å, 4.69 Å), Lys462 (4.79 Å), Pro463 (3.51 Å), Leu492 (4.11 Å, 4.75 Å) Arg393 (2.14 Å), Ala386 (2.56 Å) Pro389 (4.66 Å), His34 (5.38 Å), Pro389 (4.79 Å, 5.10 Å, 5.27 Å), Leu29 (4.67 Å), Lys26 (4.73 Å)
Saikosaponin C Glu471 (2.35 Å), Asn354 (2.83 Å), Asn450 (2.98 Å, 2.69 Å) Phe486 (4.25 Å, 5.30 Å, 5.34 Å), Ile468 (4.20 Å, 5.25 Å), Leu492 (4.14 Å, 4.62 Å, 4.87 Å, 5.35 Å), Leu452 (3.96 Å, 4.68 Å, 4.85 Å, 5.48 Å) Asp30 (2.61 Å), Asn460 (2.50 Å) His34 (5.01 Å), Lys417 (4.34 Å)
Epimedin C Ser349 (2.08 Å), Phe490 (2.16 Å), Leu492 (1.88 Å) Leu492 (4.96 Å), Phe486 (4.92 Å), Lys462 (4.79 Å), Pro463 (4.62 Å), Leu452 (3.78 Å, 3.96 Å, 3.99 Å) Lys26 (2.56 Å), Thr27 (1.89 Å), Asn33 (2.16 Å), Gln96 (2.49 Å), Tyr473 (2.36 Å), Asp30 (4.82 Å, 4.86 Å) His34 (4.57 Å), Lys417 (5.19 Å), Tyr421 (5.24 Å)
Torvoside K Ser349 (2.04 Å), Pro463 (3.02 Å), Leu492 (2.38 Å) Tyr449 (4.77 Å, 5.44 Å), Leu452 (4.08 Å, 4.83 Å, 5.37 Å), Pro463 (3.94 Å), Ala352 (3.92 Å) Arg403 (2.49 Å) Phe456 (4.93 Å), Lys417 (4.09 Å)
Amentoflavone Glu465 (4.44 Å), Phe490 (2.5 Å) Leu452 (4.21 Å), Leu492 (4.39 Å, 4.6 Å), Ile468 (5.23 Å), Phe486 (4.81 Å) Lys26 (2.56 Å), Glu37 (2.22 Å), Ala386 (2.25 Å), Arg393 (2.09 Å), Arg403 (2.23 Å), Tyr505 (2.51 Å) Pro389 (4.47 Å), Lys417(5.04 Å), Tyr505 (5.94 Å)