EGCG was predicted to bind into a groove at the pole of
VEGF (Fig. 4A) with a binding affinity of −8.1 kcal/mol. dp4
was predicted to bind to a region of VEGF that is adjacent
to the groove that EGCG is predicted to occupy (Fig. 4B),
with an affinity of −8.2 kcal/mol.We also identified potential
residues on VEGF that EGCG or dp4 may interact with based
on the predicted most energetically favourable binding sites
(Table 1). EGCG was predicted to interact with 13 residues on
both subunits of VEGF and form hydrogen bonds with three
residues (ASP34, LYS48 and SER50). dp4 was predicted to
interact with 15 residues of VEGF including five residues via
hydrogen bonds (