Table 3 Estimated MM-GBSA based binding free energy (in kcal/mol) of heme binding to camel and human hemoglobin at different salt conditions.

From: Dynamics of camel and human hemoglobin revealed by molecular simulations

Hemoglobin subunit

0 mM

150 mM

300 mM

600 mM

Camel

Human

Camel

Human

Camel

Human

Camel

Human

α1

− 126.76 ± 9.86

− 129.32 ± 5.30

− 130.37 ± 8.94

− 132.34 ± 4.38

− 131.21 ± 8.06

− 128.71 ± 3.47

− 137.22 ± 8.79

− 130.55 ± 7.60

α2

− 132.46 ± 7.27

− 134.85 ± 7.84

− 128.77 ± 4.21

− 130.94 ± 5.89

− 126.45 ± 5.48

− 133.11 ± 6.12

− 131.25 ± 5.42

− 131.27 ± 6.02

β1

− 133.96 ± 6.53

− 129.68 ± 8.52

− 133.73 ± 6.91

− 124.26 ± 12.04

− 125.17 ± 3.49

− 124.58 ± 7.87

− 135.18 ± 9.23

− 127.13 ± 10.01

β2

− 119.44 ± 10.01

− 128.52 ± 4.55

− 128.25 ± 9.35

− 122.34 ± 3.78

− 133.93 ± 3.52

− 129.66 ± 7.27

− 134.56 ± 5.22

− 126.77 ± 6.00