Table 1 Single monomer docking: Screening of silane monomers with SARS-CoV-2 specific peptide/epitope. 

From: Rational design based on multi-monomer simultaneous docking for epitope imprinting of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

Monomer

Mean Binding Energy (kcal/mol)

Phenyltriethoxysilane (PTES)

-3.31

Diisobutyldimethoxysilane (DIDMS)

-2.93

Isobutyltriethoxysilane (IBTES)

-2.68

3-(methyltrimethoxysilane) (MTMS)

-2.65

(2-cyanoethyl)triethoxysilane (CETES)

-2.55

Tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS)

-2.45

Ureidopropyltrimethoxysilane (UPTMS)

-2.39

Trimethoxy(octyl)silane (TMOS)

-2.26

3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES)

-2.05

3-Aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS)

-1.95

(3-Mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane(MPTMS)

-1.95

  1. High negative binding energy (kcal/mol) is indicative of higher affinity of binding. Monomers are arranged in ascending order of the obtained binding energy values.