Abstract:Although widely known for its antioxidant properties, piperine's (a compound from the pepper plant) physiologic involvement in apoptosis (programmed cell death) is unclear. As a prerequisite to unravel its role in this process, computational approaches simulating ligand-receptor docking are sought. Herein, we report the simulated binding of piperine with major apoptotic proteins via combined deployment of AutoDock suite (AutoDock Vina), PyMOL, and LigPlot + software. Our results demonstrated varied binding aff… Show more
“…To begin the docking analysis, a set of codes (commands) was written in the command prompt to generate the output score. 43 The results displayed the values of binding energy or the Gibbs free energy ( G ) in kcal mol −1 , and the ligand with the maximum negative value was considered to have the highest binding affinity for a particular target protein. The results displayed the values of binding affinity and Gibbs free energy ( G ) in kcal mol −1 , and the ligand with the maximum negative value was considered to have the highest binding affinity for a particular target protein.…”
“…To begin the docking analysis, a set of codes (commands) was written in the command prompt to generate the output score. 43 The results displayed the values of binding energy or the Gibbs free energy ( G ) in kcal mol −1 , and the ligand with the maximum negative value was considered to have the highest binding affinity for a particular target protein. The results displayed the values of binding affinity and Gibbs free energy ( G ) in kcal mol −1 , and the ligand with the maximum negative value was considered to have the highest binding affinity for a particular target protein.…”
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