TABLE 3

Lowest energy complexes of d-tubocurarine with BK channel with K+ ions in positions 1, 3 and residues providing the largest contribution to the ligand-receptor energy

Two figures delimited by slash (/) refer to the matching residues in the four domains that provide the energy contributions of the highest and the lowest absolute values. Close numbers indicate that d-tubocurarine interacts with matching residues in all four domains (e.g., Thrp49).

Amino Group of the Ligand Approaching the Selectivity Filter
Tertiary Quaternary
Energy
van der Waals, kcal/mol −20.0 −18.2
Electrostatic, kcal/mol −15.8 −17.1
Hydration, kcal/mol 10.2 13.3
Total, kcal/mol −25.6 −22.0
Residues
Serp48 −2.1/−0.5 −2.2/−0.8
Thrp49 −2.9/−2.0 −3.3/−2.1
Leui15 −1.2/−0.3 −1.0/0.4
Phei18 −3.2/0.4 −0.3/0.2
Alai19 −1.1/0.3 −0.8/−0.5
Vali22 −0.8/0.3 0.7/−0.4