Table 1

Predicted binding energies (in kcal/mol) derived from the models of nAChR-agonist complexes.

Receptor
Acetylcholine
Nicotine

Alpha4-Beta2-H2O
-5.31/-22.5
-6.02/-6.3
Alpha4-Beta4-H2O
-3.86/-10.0
-4.62/-17.6
Alpha3-Beta2-H2O
-6.0/-13.2
-6.71/-18.9
Alpha7-Alpha7-H2O
-3.61/-22.8
-4.2/-7.2
AChBP-H2O
-5.8/-9.1
-6.25/-19.3

Receptor
1
HEPES
Alpha4-Beta2
-10.2/7.8
-0.6/-21.3
Alpha4-Beta4
-8.3/144.8
0.1/-2.2
Alpha3-Beta2
-10.3/5.3
-0.8/-17.5
Alpha7-Alpha7
-9.5/103.6
0.1/-21.7
AChBP
-9.4/47.7
-2.00/-29.2

For each complex: left term = binding energy, right term = Van der Waals energy of interaction. Top: Binding energies of acetylcholine and nicotine in the presence of the water molecule shown figure 3. Bottom: Binding energies of 1 and HEPES without water molecule.

Schapira et al. BMC Structural Biology 2002 2:1   doi:10.1186/1472-6807-2-1