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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 1 Binding Energies and Amino Acid Interactions of Flavonoids with Papain-like Protease (PLpro) of SARS-CoV-2a

From: Pharmacoinformatic study of inhibitory potentials of selected flavonoids against papain-like protease and 3-chymotrypsin-like protease of SARS-CoV-2

Compound(PubChem CID)

Hydrogen bonding–related residues

Non- hydrogen bonding–related residues

Binding Energy (Kcal/mol)

Lopinavir*(92727)

LEU162 

GLU161B, VAL159, GLU161A, LEU162

-9.1

Ritonavir*(392622)

- 

GLY160

-8.5

Licorice(163463)

HIS89, ASN109B, GLY160A, ASN109C, GLY160C

HIS89, VAL159, GLY160

-11.8

Ugonin M(135891244)

GLY160A

LEU162B, GLY160B

-10.1 

Procyanidin(107876)

TYR268, LYS105

TYR268, LEU162, TRP106, PRO248, TYR264

-9.8

Silymarin(5213)

ASN108C, GLN2691, GLU161A

HIS29B, LEU162A

-9.7

Gallocatechin gallate(5276890)

ASN109B, ASP108, GLN269, ASN109C

LEU162B, LEU162C

-9.6

Epigallocatechin gallate(65064)

ASN109C, GLN269, ASP108, ASN109B

LEU162C, LEU162B 

-9.6

Isoquercetin(5280804)

VAL159, GLN269, GLN269

LEU162C, ASN109, LEU162A

-9.3

Isonymphaeol B(10070991)

-- 

GLU161B, LEU162B, LEU162A, VAL159B, HIS89B

-9.3

Baicalin(64982)

ASP108, LYS157, GLU161, LEU162, TYR264

TRP106, LYS105, ASP164, ASP108

-9.2

Hyperin(5281643)

GLU161, ASN109, GLN269

ASN109 

-9.1

Flavopiridol(5287969)

THR158 

GLY160, GLU161A, VAL159, LEU162, GLN269, GLU161C

-9.0

Apigetrin(5280704)

ASN109, GLN269, GLN269, LEU162

ASP108, LEU162

-8.9

Houttuynoid B(57412150)

LEU162

GLU161, GLY160

-8.9

Methoxymatteucin(158031)

VAL159, LEU162, GLY160

LEU162, VAL159, GLU161, HIS89

-8.8 

Rutin(5280805)

VAL159A, ASP108A, ASN109C, LEU162A, GLY160B, VAL159B, LEU162B, GLY160A

GLU161A, GLY160C, GLU161C

-8.8

Astragalin(5282102)

ASP108, LEU162

LEU162C, LEU162A, ASN109

-8.7

Kaempferol-3-O-glucorhamnoside(5318761)

LEU162A, LEU162B, ASN109

ASN109, VAL159, GLY160, GLU161

-8.7

Tomentin A(71659627)

ASN109C, GLY160C

HIS89A, GLU161C, LEU162C

-8.7  

Tomentin B(71659628)

ASN109C

GLU161, LEU162

-8.7

Abyssinone II(10064832)

ASN109

LEU162

-8.6

  1. *Reference compounds;.aResults presented here are for the twenty flavonoids for which the enzyme has the highest binding affinities; those for other flavonoids are presented in Supplementary material, Table S1