Tuaimenal A, a Meroterpene from the Previously Unexplored Deep-Sea Irish Soft Coral of the Genus <i>Drifa</i>, Displays <i>in Silico</i> Binding of the Main Protease of SARS-CoV-2

Cold water benthic environments are a prolific source of structurally diverse molecules with a range of bioactivity against human disease. Specimens of a previously chemically unexplored soft coral, Drifa sp., were collected during a deep-sea cruise that sampled marine invertebrates along the Irish continental margin in 2018. Tuaimenal A (1), a compound representing new carbon scaffold with a highly substituted chromene core, was discovered through the exploration of the secondary metabolome of the soft coral through NMR-guided fractionation. VCD analysis was used to determine absolute stereochemistry. This molecule demonstrates a strong profile for inhibition of the main protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2 based on in silico docking experiments..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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chemRxiv.org - (2021) vom: 18. Nov. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Avalon, Nicole E. [VerfasserIn]
Nafie, Jordan [VerfasserIn]
Dietrick, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Young, Ryan [VerfasserIn]
Warrensford, Luke [VerfasserIn]
Pittman, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Kearns, Fiona [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Woodcock, H. Lee [VerfasserIn]
Allcock, A. Louise [VerfasserIn]
Baker, Bill J. [VerfasserIn]

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540
Chemistry

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10.26434/chemrxiv.14379674

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XCH020309457