A phytochemical-based medication search for the SARS-CoV-2 infection by molecular docking models towards spike glycoproteins and main proteases

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Identifying best bioactive phytochemicals from different medicinal plants using molecular docking techniques demonstrates a potential pre-clinical compound discovery against SARS-CoV-2 viral infection. The in silico screening of bioactive phytochemicals with the two druggable targets of SARS-CoV-2 by simple precision/extra precision molecular docking methods was used to compute binding affinity at its active sites. phyllaemblicin and cinnamtannin class of phytocompounds showed a better binding affinity range (-9.0 to -8.0 kcal mol-1) towards both these SARS-CoV-2 targets; the corresponding active site residues in the spike protein were predicted as: Y453, Q496, Q498, N501, Y449, Q493, G496, T500, Y505, L455, Q493, and K417; and Mpro: Q189, H164, H163, P168, H41, L167, Q192, M165, C145, Y54, M49, and Q189. Molecular dynamics simulation further established the structural and energetic stability of protein-phytocompound complexes and their interactions with their key residues supporting the molecular docking analysis. Protein-protein docking using ZDOCK and Prodigy server predicted the binding pose and affinity (-13.8 kcal mol-1) of the spike glycoprotein towards the human ACE2 enzyme and also showed significant structural variations in the ACE2 recognition site upon the binding of phyllaemblicin C compound at their binding interface. The phyllaemblicin and cinnamtannin class of phytochemicals can be potential inhibitors of both the spike and Mpro proteins of SARS-CoV-2; furthermore, its pharmacology and clinical optimization would lead towards novel COVID-19 small-molecule therapy.

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2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

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RSC advances - 11(2021), 20 vom: 23. März, Seite 12003-12014

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Englisch

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Pushkaran, Anju Choorakottayil [VerfasserIn]
Nath En, Prajeesh [VerfasserIn]
Melge, Anu R [VerfasserIn]
Puthiyedath, Rammanohar [VerfasserIn]
Mohan, C Gopi [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 08.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

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10.1039/d0ra10458b

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NLM339532432