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Table 4 Physicochemical properties of a ligand

From: A study on the flexibility of enzyme active sites

Property

Description

Formula

chemical formula of the compound

#atom

number of heavy atoms

MW

molecular weight; each element is weighted for its natural isotopic abundance

Dist.

average distance of all heavy atoms of the active site to those of the ligand

Charge

formal charge of the compound

#HD

number of hydrogen bond donors in the compound

#HA

number of hydrogen bond acceptors in the compound

#rotatable

number of rotatable bonds

TPSA

topological polar surface area; surface area estimated as polar (Ã…2)