Research Article

Effects of Water Models on Binding Affinity: Evidence from All-Atom Simulation of Binding of Tamiflu to A/H5N1 Neuraminidase

Table 1

Physical properties of water models [22]. All data is recorded at 25° and 1 atm. , , and are the partial charges of hydrogen, oxygen, and lone pair, respectively. and are the H–O–H and lone pair-O–H angles, respectively. and are the well depth and vdW radius, respectively.

(Å) (kJ/mol) ( ) (e) / (e) Dipole moment Dielectric constant

SPC 3.166 0.65 1 0.41 −0.82 109.47 2.27 65
SPC/E 3.166 0.65 1 0.423 −0.847 109.47 2.35 71
TIP3P 3.150 0.636 0.957 0.417 −0.834 104.52 2.35 82
TIP4P 3.153 0.648 0.957 0.15 0.52 −1.04 104.52 52.26 2.18 53
Exp. 2.95 78.4