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ArticleJournal of molecular modeling2025

Molecular docking of Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes for tyrosinase inhibition and drug loading on boron nitride nanotube scaffolds using Monte Carlo simulations.

Najeeb Ullah, Amir Karim, Muhammad Iqbal, Rahime Eshaghi Malekshah, Saqib Ali, Jebiti Haribabu, Sodio C N Hsu

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Najeeb Ullah *Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan.
Amir Karim *Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan.
Muhammad IqbalDepartment of Chemistry, Bacha Khan University, KPK, Charsadda, 24420, Pakistan. iqbal@bkuc.edu.pk.
Rahime Eshaghi MalekshahDepartment of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan. eshaghimalekshah@gmail.com.
Saqib AliDepartment of Chemistry, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
Jebiti HaribabuFacultad de Medicina, Universidad de Atacama, Los Carreras 1579, 1532502, Copiapo, Chile.
Sodio C N HsuDepartment of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan. sodiohsu@kmu.edu.tw.

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the National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan (NSTC 113-2113-M-037-017 and NSTC 112-2113-M- 037-007) and Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU-DK(B)114006) NSTC 113-2113-M-037-017 and NSTC 112-2113-M- 037-007) and Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU-DK(B)114006).
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contextRecent studies on drug delivery systems incorporating boron nitride nanostructures (BNNTs) highlight their excellent chemical stability and non-cytotoxic properties, positioning them as a promising platform for drug release in biomedical applications. This study aimed to optimize the mono-nuclear structures of Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes and to functionalize zigzag (13, 13) boron nitride nanotubes with glutamic acid (GABNNTs). Based on Monte Carlo, the results revealed that complexes 6 and 19 exhibited stronger interactions with GABNNTs, attributed to π-π stacking between bipyridine/phenanthroline ligands and GABNNTs. This interaction suggests a greater challenge in their release compared to other compounds. The interaction energy analysis further revealed that complexes 1, 4, and 12/GABNNTs exhibited the lowest stability, indicating weaker binding interactions between these complexes and the GABNNT surface. The adsorption of all complexes on GABNNTs was primarily found to be physisorption. Molecular docking with mushroom tyrosinase (2Y9X) identified complexes 5, 10, 11, 15, and 20 as having the strongest interactions, a trend that is partially supported by chemical hardness analysis. However, DFT-D results indicated that complexes 5, 11, and 20 exhibited the lowest chemical stability, suggesting a trade-off between strong interactions and lower stability in these complexes.

methodsThe energies of these systems were estimated using dispersion-corrected density functional theory (DFT-D) calculations performed in Materials Studio 2017. To evaluate the drug delivery potential of GABNNTs for Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes, the Monte Carlo (MC) method was employed. The structural and electronic properties, as well as the relationship between biological activities and ΔE

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Boron CompoundsCoordination ComplexesCopperEnzyme InhibitorsMolecular Docking SimulationMonophenol MonooxygenaseNanotubesZincMonte Carlo MethodBoron Compoundsboron nitrideCoordination ComplexesCopperEnzyme InhibitorsMonophenol MonooxygenaseZincDrug delivery systemFunctionalized boron nitride nanotubeGlutamic acidMonte Carlo simulationTyrosinase inhibition

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