Proposing a fungal metabolite-flaviolin as a potential inhibitor of 3CLpro of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 identified using docking and molecular dynamics

The novel SARS-CoV-2 is the etiological agent causing the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which continues to become an inevitable pandemic outbreak. Over a short span of time, the structures of therapeutic target proteins for SARS-CoV-2 were identified based on the homology modelled structure of similar virus, SARS-CoV that transmitted rapidly in 2003. Since the outset of the disease, the research community has been looking for a potential drug lead. Out of all the known resolved structures related to SARS-CoV-2; 3-chymotrypsin (3 C) like protease (3CLpro) is considered as an attractive anti-viral drug compound on the grounds of its role in viral replication and probable non-interactive competency to bind to any viral host protein. To the best of our knowledge, till date only one compound has been identified and tested in-vitro as a potent inhibitor of 3CLpro protein, addressed as N3 (PubChem Compound CID: 6323191) and is known to bind irreversibly to 3CLpro suppressing its activity. Using computational approach, we intend to identify a probable natural fungal metabolite to interact and inhibit 3CLpro. Here after performing docking and molecular dynamics of various small molecules derived as a secondary metabolite from fungi, we propose Flaviolin as potent inhibitor of 3CLpro of novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

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Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics - 40(2022), 1 vom: 02. Jan., Seite 348-360

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rao, Priyashi [VerfasserIn]
Shukla, Arpit [VerfasserIn]
Parmar, Paritosh [VerfasserIn]
Rawal, Rakesh M [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Baldev V [VerfasserIn]
Saraf, Meenu [VerfasserIn]
Goswami, Dweipayan [VerfasserIn]

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3-chymotrypsin like protease (3CLpro
479-05-0
Docking
Flaviolin
Fungal metabolites
Journal Article
Molecular dynamics
Naphthoquinones
Protease Inhibitors
SARS-CoV-2 novel corona virus

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Date Completed 05.01.2022

Date Revised 05.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/07391102.2020.1813202

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NLM314489355