Research Article

Curcumin, a Natural Antioxidant, Acts as a Noncompetitive Inhibitor of Human RNase L in Presence of Its Cofactor 2-5A In Vitro

Table 1

Results of the molecular docking experiment (number of poses having binding energy).

S. numberBetween −4 and −5 kcal/molBetween −5 and −6 kcal/molBetween −6 and −7 kcal/molBetween −7 and −8 kcal/molGreater than −8 kcal/mol

Site 182211460
Site 208749140
Site 35786700
Site 4002910318
Site 50896100

Clustering of highest number of poses with binding energy greater than −7 kcal/mol occurs mostly at sites 4 and 2, respectively.