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Table 4 Interactions of Schiff bases with amino acid residues of target proteins in S. aureus

From: In vitro antibacterial and in silico docking studies of two Schiff bases on Staphylococcus aureus and its target proteins

Schiff base

DmChDp

DmChDa

Active target

2W9S

2W9S

Active site

3

2

Binding energy (kcal/mol)

− 10.3

− 10.2

Interactions with amino acid residue

Van der Waals

ILE14, GLY15, VAL6, LYS45

ILE14

Hydrogen bond

ALA7 (HB, 2.24 Å), THR46 (NCHB, 3.28 Å)

SER49 (HB, 2.06 Å)

Hydrophobic

PHE92 (π-T, 5.02 Å), ILE5 (amide-π stack, 3.92 Å), LEU20 (R, 4.36 Å), LEU20 (R, 4.31 Å), ILE50 (R, 4.43 Å), ILE50 (R, 4.51 Å), ALA7 (π-R, 5.17 Å), ILE31 (π-R, 5.18 Å), ILE5 (π-R, 4.95 Å), PHE92 (π-R, 4.27 Å)

ASN18 (amide-π stack, 4.09 Å), LEU20 (R, 4.43 Å), LEU20 (R, 4.48 Å), ILE50 (R, 4.57 Å), ILE31(π-σ, 3.99 Å), ILE5 (π-R, 4.93 Å), ALA7 (π-R, 4.63 Å), PHE92 (π-R, 4.56 Å)

  1. HB conventional H bond, NCHB non-conventional H bond, π-T π-π T-shaped, amide-π stack amide-π stacking, R alkyl, π-R pi-alkyl, π-σ pi-sigma