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. 2022 May 4;2022:9130700. doi: 10.1155/2022/9130700

Table 2.

Interaction modes between top-ranked SauPBP2a inhibitors and active site of the enzyme.

(A) Molecular dockings performed using the AutoDock tool, and subsequently, the interactions between ligands and residues studied before MD simulations.
Ligand name Hydrogen bond (distance Å, subtype) Hydrophobic interaction (distance Å, subtype) Electrostatic (distance Å, subtype) Miscellaneous (distance Å, subtype)
Kaempferol 3-rutinoside-7-sophoroside Thr444 (3.54 classical, 3.95 classical); Glu602 (3.18 classical); Ser643 (4.66 classical); Val448 (3.12 classical); Lys430 (3.57 classical) Thr600 (5.83 pi-alkyl) Glu602 (6.55 pi-anion) NA
Rutin Thr600 (3.19 classical); Tyr446 (4.62 classical); Lys430 (4.59 classical) Tyr446 (4.41 pi-pi stacked) NA NA
Amentoflavone Thr600 (2.99 classical); Asn464 (4.91 classical); Thr444 (3.03 classical) Tyr446 (4.46 pi-pi stacked); Val448 (5.97 pi-alkyl); Met641 (7.53 pi-alkyl); Lys430 (4.18 pi-alkyl) Lys430 (4.18 pi-cation); Glu602 (6.26 pi-anion) Tyr446 (5.28 lone pairs); Met641 (7.47 sulfur)
Quercetin Lys430 (3.84 classical) Tyr446 (4.02 pi-alkyl, 4.06 alkyl); Met641 (5.32 alkyl, 6.44 alkyl); Val443 (4.65 alkyl); Tyr519 (5.66 pi-alkyl) NA NA

(B) Molecular dockings executed using the AutoDock tool, and subsequently, the interactions between ligands and residues studied after 10 ns MD simulations.
Ligand name Hydrogen bond (distance Å, subtype) Hydrophobic interaction (distance Å, subtype) Electrostatic (distance Å, subtype) Miscellaneous (distance Å, subtype)

Kaempferol 3-rutinoside-7-sophoroside Val443 (3.70 nonclassical); Val448 (3.86 classical); Glu447 (4.84 classical, 3.87 nonclassical); Ser643 (4.87 classical); Ser403 (4.06 classical); Gln521 (4.06 classical); Thr444 (4.02 classical, 3.03 classical, 3.78 nonclassical); Asn464 (4.65 classical); Gly640 (3.90 nonclassical) Tyr446 (4.62 pi-pi T-shape, 5.07 pi-pi T-shape, 4.62 pi-alkyl) NA NA
Rutin Ser643 (4.11 classical); Thr444 (3.75) Tyr444 (4.66 pi-pi T-shape); Arg445 (8.57 amid-pi stacked, 9.08 amid-pi stacked) NA NA

(C) Molecular dockings performed using the Schrödinger software, and subsequently, the interactions between ligands and residues studied.
Ligand name Hydrogen bond (distance Å, subtype) Hydrophobic interaction (distance Å, subtype) Electrostatic (distance Å, subtype) Miscellaneous (distance Å, subtype)

Kaempferol 3-rutinoside-7-sophoroside Glu262 (3.25 classical, 4.57 nonclassical); Asn260 (4.02 classical); Met375 (4.37 classical, 4.53 classical); Glu263 (4.44 classical, 4.94 classical); Lys285 (4.97 classical); Lys280 (4.13 nonclassical) NA NA NA
Rutin Asn260 (4.73 classical); Glu263 (4.71 classical, 4.59 classical); Pro258 (3.52 classical); Lys280 (4.59 classical); Lys285 (4.94 classical, 4.72 nonclassical); Gln266 (4.90 classical) Pro258 (4.78 alkyl, 4.24 alkyl); Tyr380 (5.31 pi-alkyl) NA NA

SauPBP2a, Staphylococcus aureus penicillin-binding protein 2a.