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. 2021 Sep 1;11(47):29267–29286. doi: 10.1039/d1ra05268c

Binding scores, RMSD values, and amino acid interactions of the tested compounds (1–6), into the binding sites of SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) and main protease (Mpro).

Compound Pocket Scorea RMSD_refineb Interactions Distance Å
1 S −5.80 1.04 His195/pi-H 3.60
Mpro −6.67 1.75 Cys145/H-acceptor 3.02
His163/H-acceptor 3.22
Asn142/pi-H 3.81
Asn142/pi-H 4.54
2 S −6.12 1.18 Asn194/H-donor 3.07
Asn194/H-donor 3.52
Mpro −6.11 1.45 Cys145/H-acceptor 3.13
Met165/H-acceptor 3.30
Asn142/pi-H 4.14
3 S −6.16 1.29 Gln86/H-donor 3.02
Gln81/H-donor 3.34
Mpro −6.63 1.44 Glu166/H-acceptor 3.06
Met165/H-donor 4.02
Asn142/pi-H 4.09
Gln189/pi-H 4.18
4 S −7.85 1.69 Gln101/H-donor 2.75
Gln98/H-donor 2.95
Asn103/H-donor 3.01
Asn194/H-donor 3.22
Mpro −9.23 2.19 His163/H-acceptor 3.05
Glu166/H-donor 3.39
5 S −5.73 0.85 Gln81/H-donor 2.96
Glu81/pi-H 3.81
Gln102/pi-H 4.07
Gln101/pi-H 4.50
Mpro −5.83 1.07 Leu141/H-donor 2.81
Glu166/H-acceptor 3.24
6 S −6.90 2.14 Gln81/H-donor 2.96
Mpro −6.77 1.59 Ser46/H-acceptor 2.84
Glu166/H-acceptor 2.98
N3, 7 Mpro −10.70 2.30 Leu141/H-donor 2.85
Gln189/H-donor 2.87
Thr190/H-donor 3.04
Glu166/H-acceptor 3.10
Glu166/H-donor 3.15
His163/H-acceptor 3.43
His164/H-donor 3.54
Thr25/pi-H 4.09
Thr26/pi-H 4.15
a

S: score of a compound inside the protein binding pocket (kcal mol−1).

b

RMSD_refine: root mean squared deviation after and before refinement between the predicted pose and the crystal structure, respectively.