Research Article

Antibacterial and Antioxidant Efficacies of Secondary Metabolites from the Roots of Cyphostemma adenocaule: A Combined In Vitro and In Silico Study

Table 4

Molecular docking study of the isolated compounds (1–6) and ciprofloxacin against the N-terminal domain of PqsA.

Compound/ligandBinding affinity (kcal/mol)H-bondResidual amino acid interactions
Hydrophobic/electrostaticVan der Waals

1−7.1Trp-233, Pro-234, and Val-254Ile-204, Ile-257, Ala-256, Pro-205, Lys-206, Phe-208, Pro-255, Ser-280, Gly-279, and Phe-209
2−8.5Gln-34Ala-245, Phe-246, Arg-247, Ser-31, Asp-19, Arg-200, Ala-21, Thr-20, Thr-29, and His-24
3−9.2Gly-27 and Asn-242Ala-21, Ala-245, and His-24Leu-228, Thr-29, Gln-28, Phe-246, Arg-247, Gln-34, Leu-30, Asp-19, Ser-31, and Arg-200
4−8.8Gly-27Phe-246Ser-31, Asp-19, Arg-247, His-24, Ala-245, Tyr-25, Gln-28, Leu-228, Thr-29, and Ala-21
5−8.7Arg-200, Ser-226, and Ser-31Ala-21, Arg-200, and Thr-29Ala-245, Arg-247, Gln-34, Asp-19, Thr-20, Phe-246, Arg-200, His-24, Ala-21, Gly-198, and Thr-29
6−9.0Phe-208, Asn-84, and Lys-206Trp-233, Lys-206, Pro-234Lys-86, Ile-257, Phe-209, Pro-205, and Ile-204
Ciprofloxacin−9.3Asp-19 and Arg-200His-24 and Ala-21Asp-19, Ser-31, Ala-21, Ser-31, Thr-20, Thr-29, and Arg-200