Research Article

[Retracted] Atomic Scale Interactions between RNA and DNA Aptamers with the TNF-α Protein

Table 3

Binding free energy calculations of the aptamer-protein interactions. (kJ/mol).

Simulation systemsNonpolar binding free energyPolar binding free energyTotal binding free energy
Van der Waals energySASA energyElectrostatic energyPolar solvation energy

TR1-475.247-48.14-7291.52374.127-7740.783
TR2-287.586-25.481-5761.59463.842-6010.819
TD1-362.815-29.648-5634.12841.479-5985.112
TD2-259.483-18.87-4861.24348.275-5091.321