Research Article

Strong Ligand-Protein Interactions Derived from Diffuse Ligand Interactions with Loose Binding Sites

Table 1

Relative contributions of multiple poses to predicted affinity.

ComplexPosesDBFEE

Spatial fit scoring
AcrB/minocycline365 ± 22.5 ± 0.8
AcrB/acridine orange6814 ± 46.9 ± 1.2
AcrB/skatole149457 ± 319.7 ± 5.7
AcrB/toluene2429661 ± 13953.7 ± 10.1
OSBP/cholesterol101.3 ± 0.31.1 ± 0.2
Cinnamomin/ergosterol72.2 ± 1.11.7 ± 0.4
HSA/diazepam50502298 ± 1703435 ± 333
HSA/halothane68974319 ± 16261630 ± 695
BAR/carazolol31.8 ± 0.91.5 ± 0.4
Empirical scoring
AcrB/minocycline528.5 ± 2.04.1 ± 1.7
AcrB/acridine orange815.7 ± 3.1 3.3 ± 2.3
AcrB/toluene1965726 ± 67107 ± 10
AcrB/skatole1637526 ± 5876 ± 9

Abreviations: OSBP, oxysterol binding protein; HSA, human serum albumin; BAR, beta-adrenergic receptor.
“Poses”, refers to number of possible () poses in binding region analyzed.
Analyses performed in triplicate with runs of 100,000 MCMC steps.