Research Article

Evaluating Andrographolide as a Potent Inhibitor of NS3-4A Protease and Its Drug-Resistant Mutants Using In Silico Approaches

Table 4

Ligand-protein interaction with docking scores.

ProteinCompound nameLead-IT (docking)
Lead-IT scoreH-bondAmino acidAmino acid atomLigand atomH-bond length (Å)

Wild-type HCV proteaseAndrographolide−15.08623SER138HNO51.99421
SER139HNO32.17439
HIS57NE2H551.719
Asunaprevir−3.71595GLY41HE21O81.6653
HIS57HD2O62.12614
GLY58HA1O63.07324
GLY137HA1O72.76771
ARG155OH922.73609

R155KAndrographolide−15.23226SER138HNO52.44552
SER139HNO32.29348
ALA157OH531.79921
HIS57NE2H552.17054
LYS136HAO52.5112
GLY137HA1O33.09817
Asunaprevir−2.64316TYR105HHO102.87824
LEU106HNO31.83884
SER125HNO112.00467
LEU104OH951.59587
SER101HB2CL12.96175
SER125OH802.7483

D168AAndrographolide−13.90726SER138HNO52.27611
SER139HNO32.20946
ALA157OH532.59575
HIS57NE2H551.6014
LYS136HAO52.20148
SER139HB2O33.02411
Asunaprevir−5.41498GLN41HE21O81.65812
HYS57OH971.55407
HYS57HD2O62.06801
LYS136HE21O102.77644
GLY137HA1O72.87646
ARG155OH803.0789
ARG155OH922.76844
GLY137HN062.64645