Repurposing the antibacterial drugs for inhibition of SARS-CoV2-PLpro using molecular docking, MD simulation and binding energy calculation

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Papain-like protease (nsp-3; non-structural protein) of novel corona virus is an ideal target for developing drugs as it plays multiple important functions for viral growth and replication. For instance, role of nsp-3 has been recognized in cleavage of viral polyprotein; furthermore, in infected host it weakens the immune system via downregulating the production of type I interferon. This downregulation is promoted by removal of ubiquitin-like interferon-stimulated gene 15 protein (ISG15) from interferon-responsive factor 3 (IRF3) protein. Among known inhibitors of SARS-CoV-PLpro GRL0617 is by far the most effective inhibitor. As PLpro of SARS-CoV2 is having more than 80% similarity with SARS-CoV-PLpro, GRL0617 is reported to be effective even against SARS-CoV2. Owing to this similarity, certain key amino acids remain the same/conserved in both proteins. Among conserved amino acids Tyr268 for SARS-CoV2 and Tyr269 for SARS-CoV produce important hydrophobic interactions with aromatic rings of GRL0617. Here, in this study antibacterial compounds were collected from ZINC database, and they were filtered to select compounds that are having similar structural features as GRL0617. This filtered library of compound was then docked with SARS-CoV and CoV2-PLpro. Five hits were noted that were able to interact with Tyr268 (SARS-CoV2) and Tyr269 (SARS-CoV). Further, best hit 2-(2-((benzofuran-2-carboxamido)methyl)-5-methoxy-1H-indol-1-yl)acetic acid (ZINC44459905) was studied using molecular dynamic simulation where stability of protein-ligand complex as well as stability of produced interactions was noted.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Molecular diversity - 26(2022), 4 vom: 30. Aug., Seite 2189-2209

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Patel, Rohit [VerfasserIn]
Prajapati, Jignesh [VerfasserIn]
Rao, Priyashi [VerfasserIn]
Rawal, Rakesh M [VerfasserIn]
Saraf, Meenu [VerfasserIn]
Goswami, Dweipayan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

5-amino-2-methyl-N-((R)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethyl)benzamide
Amino Acids
Aniline Compounds
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibacterial compounds
Benzamides
Coronavirus Papain-Like Proteases
EC 3.4.22.2
GRL0617
Journal Article
Molecular dynamics simulation
Naphthalenes
Papain-like protease, SARS-CoV-2
Papain-like protease (PLpro)
RNA, Viral
SARS-CoV-2 novel corona virus
Ubiquitins

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Date Completed 02.08.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11030-021-10325-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331327007