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The binding activity of new ligands to Y188CM-RT was evaluated by structural analysis, ADMET prediction, molecular docking, energy calculation and molecular dynamics. Results show that 10 new ligands had good absorbability, and their binding energies to Y188CM-RT were significantly higher than those of wild-type HIV-1 reverse transcriptase(wt). The binding mode explained that fragment growth contributed to larger ligands, leading to improved suitability at the docking pocket. In the way of fragment growth, the larger side chain with extensive contact at terminal is obviously better than substituted benzene ring. The enhancement of docking activity is mainly due to the new fragments such as alkyl chains and rings with amino groups at NVP terminal, resulting in a large increase in hydrophobic bonding and the new addition of hydrogen bonding or salt bonding. 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