“CD spectroscopy showed a change in the conformation of both the isoforms of HSA upon meropenem binding.”
“Electrostatic interactions and van der Waal interactions along with H-bonds stabilized the complex of meropenem with ‘N’ and ‘B’ isoforms of HSA , respectively.”
“Molecular docking results revealed that meropenem binds to HSA near Sudlow’s site II (subdomain IIIA) close to Trp-214 with a contribution of a few residues of subdomain IIA.”
“Results showed that meropenem quenches the fluorescence of both ‘N’ and ‘B’ isoforms of HSA (ΔG < 0 and binding constant ~104 M−1).”