Research Article

Screening Marine Microbial Metabolites as Promising Inhibitors of Borrelia garinii: A Structural Docking Approach towards Developing Novel Lyme Disease Treatment

Table 3

Docking and MM/PBSA scores of prioritized metabolites.

Serial no.CompoundCommon nameIUPAC nameMolecular weight (Daltons)logP (o/w)Lipinski donorLipinski acceptorDocking scoreMM/PBSA values of compound (kcal/mol)MM/PBSA values of compound complexed with ADI (kcal/mol)

1ControlS-Nitroso-L-homocysteine(2S)-2-Amino-4-nitrososulfanylbutanoic acid164.19-2.035-4.60.56-30.23
2CMNPD18759Aureobasidin2-[(4R,6R)-4,6-Dihydroxydecanoyl]oxypropan-2-yl (3S,5R)-3,5-dihydroxydecanoate448.604.6448-5.3-0.32-30.27
3CMNPD24419Korormicin G(3R,4Z,6E)-N-[(3S,5S)-5-Ethyl-5-methyl-2-oxooxolan-3-yl]-3-hydroxy-8-[(2S,3R)-3-octyloxiran-2-yl]octa-4,6-dienamide435.615.1826-5.2-0.38-30.23
4CMNPD248766-Hydroxypestalotiopsone C2-[7-Hydroxy-2-[(6S)-6-hydroxyheptyl]-4-oxochromen-5-yl]acetic acid334.372.7546-5.10.10-30.28
5CMNPD8737Korormicin†(4Z,6E)-N-(5-Ethyl-5-methyl-2-oxofuran-3-yl)-3-hydroxy-8-(3-octyloxiran-2-yl)octa-4,6-dienamide433.595.3826-4.9-0.37-30.41
6CMNPD23643Pestalotiopsone EEthyl 2-[7-hydroxy-2-[(6S)-6-hydroxyheptyl]-4-oxochromen-5-yl]acetate362.423.3526-4.700.01-30.28

MM/PBSA value of ADI was -30.32 kcal/mol. Descriptor values for Lipinski’s rule for druggability of molecules are also provided. All molecules fulfilled Oprea’s lead-like criteria as well.