Abstract: The computed gated association rate constants of three
protease mutants,
G48V/
V82A/
I84V/
L90M,
G48V, and
L90M with three drugs, amprenavir, indinavir, and saquinavir, yield good agreements with experiments.
Abstract: The simulations suggest that the flap flexibility and the opening frequency of the wild-type, the
G48V and
L90M mutants are similar, but the flaps of the variant
G48V/
V82A/
I84V/
L90M open less frequently, resulting in a lower gated rate constant.