Research Article

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

Table 7

The binding free energy (in kcal/mol) obtained by using the combination of CHARMM 27 with different water models for WT and mutants Y252H, N294S, and H274Y. The experimental results are taken from Collins et al. [23].

SPC SCP/E TIP3P TIP4P Experiment

WT −17.79 −40.85 −23.62 −31.6 −13.12
Y252H −39.82 −11.41 −27.30 −31.69 −14.50
N294S −33.14 −29.2 −23.02 −26.42 −10.48
H274Y −30.26 −28.85 −17.06 −24.34 −9.77