“…26,27 These ligands lie in the centre of the four-helix bundle of sub-domain IB, and their interactions with HSA induces significant conformational changes involving side-chain adjustments of sub-domain IB, especially for ligands containing aromatic rings. 12,14,26,27 In addition, this site is exposed to solvent channels in the current crystal form, and thus accessible for in-crystal displacement. However, we observed only some weak electron density at this site that cannot be modeled by a DAUDA molecule, and thus demonstrated no DAUDA in FA1 site.…”