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Table 1 Binding sites and various types of interactions occurring between drugs lamivudine (positive control) and chrysin with HMGB1 protein

From: Potential antiviral activities of chrysin against hepatitis B virus

Compounds

Amino acid interacted

Type of interactions

Bond distance (Ã…)

b∆G (kcal mol−1)

cKb (/mole)

aLamivudine (Nucleoside analogue)

*GLN20, *MET12, *SER13, *SER14, PHE17, PHE59, *ALA16, *VAL19, TYR15, and *TRP48

Conventional Hydrogen bonding, Van der Waals interactions, Pi-Pi T-shaped, Alkyl, Pi-alkyl, unfavourable acceptor-acceptor and unfavourable donor-donor bonds

3.54

4.91

4.15

4.26

5.01

4.82

4.26

3.25

− 4.3

1.0 × 103

Chrysin

*MET12, ASP 66, MET 62, ALA63, PHE59, GLU60, HIS33, *GLN20, ARG23, CYS44,

*VAL19, PHE17, PHE18, *SER14, SER22, PHE 40, *TRP48, *ALA16, and *SER13

Conventional H-bonding, van der Waals forces, Pi-Pi T-shaped, Alkyl, Pi-alkyl, unfavourable acceptor-acceptor and unfavourable donor-donor bonds etc.

3.77

4.14

3.12

5.28

− 5.7

14 × 103

  1. aStandard/positive control
  2. bBinding energy or Gibbs free energy
  3. cBinding affinity
  4. *Indicates some common interacted amino acids