Research Article

Potential Retinoid X Receptor Agonists for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease from Traditional Chinese Medicine

Table 1

H-bond occupancy for key residues of RXR protein with Targretin and two candidates overall 20 ns molecular dynamics simulation.

NameH-bond InteractionOccupancy

TargretinGln275:HE22/O251
Gln275:HE22/O261
Arg316:HH22/O2517

-lipoic acidAla241:HN/O1010
Ala241:HN/O123
Gln275:HE22/O102
Gln275:HE22/O122
Ser312:HG1/O1260
Arg316:HH22/O1089
Arg316:HH22/O1239
Arg316:HH12/O1096
Arg316:HH12/O1286

Sulfanilic acidGln275:HE22/O91
Gln275:HE22/O101
Gln275:HE22/O112
Arg316:HH22/O953
Arg316:HH22/O1045
Arg316:HH22/O1149
Arg316:HH12/O925
Arg316:HH12/O1023
Arg316:HH12/O1116
Ala327:HN/O939
Ala327:HN/O1024
Ala327:HN/O1117

H-bond occupancy cutoff: 0.3 nm.