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Thus, understanding the key factors that determine their binding affinity, such as mutations, is of great interest. In this work, we investigated the effects of three Nsp1 mutants\u2500D33K\/E36K\/E37K\/E41K, L27D\/V28D, and R124E\/K125E\u2500on its binding to the NXF1-RRM domain using structural and energetic analysis. To quantify the affinity changes, we developed a computational framework for calculating the free energy landscape of protein\u2013protein binding based on the Markov state model (MSM). Our approach is based on fluctuations of the radius of gyration and the root mean square deviation (RMSD) from a reference state. We found that the D33K\/E36K\/E37K\/E41K mutant exerts the strongest destabilizing effect, resulting in greater structural deviation, reduced compactness, and a significant loss of intermolecular hydrogen bonds. In contrast, the L27D\/V28D and R124E\/K125E mutants retain structural and dynamical properties closer to those of wild-type Nsp1 (WT), indicating that these mutations have a more limited impact on the stability of the Nsp1\u2013NXF1-RRM complex. These results are in good agreement with the previous experimental work. We also used the molecular mechanics Poisson\u2013Boltzmann surface area (MM-PBSA) method to estimate the binding free energy of these complexes, yielding results consistent with the MSM analysis and experimental data. However, the binding free energy values obtained from the MSM method are more realistic compared to the MM-PBSA method, which tends to overestimate binding free energy values or produce unphysically negative results. 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