Research Article

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of A27S and K120A Mutated PTP1B Reveals Selective Binding of the Bidentate Inhibitor

Table 1

Binding free energies (kcal/mol) and the individual energetic terms for the systems of WT, A27S, and K120A using the MM-PBSA method.

Energetic termsWTA27SK120A

-47.55 ± 0.27-43.26 ± 0.21-46.12 ± 0.21
-87.26 ± 0.19-82.48 ± 0.54-70.1 ± 0.22
78.4 ± 0.2375.38 ± 0.2563.45 ± 0.19
-33.23 ± 0.09-31.73 ± 0.08-32.61 ± 0.12
57.05 ± 0.0855.07 ± 0.1255.93 ± 0.09
102.22 ± 0.2698.72 ± 0.2986.77 ± 0.24
ΔH-32.6 ± 0.22-27.03 ± 0.25-29.45 ± 0.27
TS24.57 ± 0.3922.16 ± 0.3922.61 ± 0.4
-8.03 ± 0.32-4.86 ± 0.33-6.84 ± 0.34
−7.33−5.37 (TCPTP)

= + + . binding free energy was calculated by RT ln .