molecular docking simulation were provided in Maestro module of Schrödinger
Suite 2022-2.30 The cryo-EM structure of
CFTR was obtained from protein data bank (PDB id:
receptor grid was generated 20 × 20 × 20 Å space region
centered at the co-ligand of the complex structure, and then the low-energy
3D structures of Cact-3,
docked with default values in SP mode using Glide module. Using the
structure of protein–ligand complex corresponding to the best
pose of Cact-3,
residues that have atoms within 3 Å of the ligand were refined
in the environment with an implicit membrane by Refine Protein–Ligand
Complex module. We calculated each binding energy of
was also considered. The protein–ligand interactions were analyzed
by Discovery Studio Modeling Environment v4.026 (BIOVIA, San Diego,
CA, USA), and the docking models were displayed using PyMOL version
2.0.47.