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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24775-4
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- Kaohsiung Medical University Aim for the Top 500 Universities Grant, Kaohsiung, Taiwan [KMU-TP105C06, KMU-TP105C14]
- Republic of China
- National Science Council of the Republic of China, Taiwan [105-2113-M-037-009-]
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Since 2015, widespread Zika virus outbreaks in Central and South America have caused increases in microcephaly cases, and this acute problem requires urgent attention. We employed molecular dynamics and Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics techniques to investigate the structure of Zika NS5 protein with S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH) and an RNA analogue, namely 7-methylguanosine 5'-triphosphate (m7GTP). For the binding motif of Zika virus NS5 protein and SAH, we suggest that the four Zika NS5 substructures (residue orders: 101-112, 54-86, 127-136 and 146-161) and the residues (Ser56, Gly81, Arg84, Trp87, Thr104, Gly106, Gly107, His110, Asp146, Ile147, and Gly148) might be responsible for the selectivity of the new Zika virus drugs. For the binding motif of Zika NS5 protein and m7GTP, we suggest that the three Zika NS5 substructures (residue orders: 11-31, 146-161 and 207218) and the residues (Asn17, Phe24, Lys28, Lys29, Ser150, Arg213, and Ser215) might be responsible for the selectivity of the new Zika virus drugs.
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