Binding ability of arginine, citrulline, N-acetyl citrulline and thiocitrulline with SARS COV-2 main protease using molecular docking studies

Abstract In this article, the binding abilities of arginine, citrulline, N-acetyl citrulline and thiocitrulline on the active sites of SARS-COV-2 protease have been investigated using in-silico studies. All the above ligands bind selectively and preferentially to Cys-145 active site and also to other amino acids surrounding to it in the main protease. Of which arginine forms less number of weaker bonds compared to the other ligands, it by itself is a precursor for the formation of citrulline analogues with in the cell. Major advantage of using the above ligands is that in addition to its preferential binding, they have the ability to increase the immunity by assisting NO generation. Our results show that N-acetyl citrulline, citrulline, thiocitrulline and arginine may be used as a supplement during the treatment of SARS-COV-2..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Network modeling analysis in health informatics and bioinformatics - 10(2021), 1 vom: 06. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Thimmasandra Narayan, Ramesh [VerfasserIn]

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42.11 / Biomathematik / Biokybernetik / Biomathematik / Biokybernetik

44.32 / Medizinische Mathematik / medizinische Statistik / Medizinische Mathematik / medizinische Statistik

Themen:

Citrulline analogues
Immunity
Nitric oxide
SARS-COV-2 main protease

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature 2021

doi:

10.1007/s13721-021-00301-x

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OLC2077613645