EGCG ((2R,3R)-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-3-yl 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate) was first optimized as a ligand at B3LYP/6-311++G** level of calculation using jaguar2014.3 and then prepared using the LigPrep module for docking in the Glide module of Schrodinger suite 2014.3. Further details regarding the in silico modeling and docking studies is provided in Supplementary data.