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COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
卷 135, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104525
关键词
COVID-19; Marine drugs/derivatives; Essential dynamics; Free energy landscape; And main protease
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资金
- Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation (NRF) - Korean government (MSIT) [NRF2018M3A9A7057263]
- Neurological Disorder Research Program of the National Research Foundation (NRF) - Korean Government (MSIT) [2020M3E5D9080660]
The study redirected marine compounds towards targeting SARS-CoV-2, demonstrating the potential of eribulin mesylate and soblidotin as inhibitors of the virus's main protease.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic. The virus that causes the disease, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), predominantly infects the respiratory tract, which may lead to pneumonia and death in severe cases. Many marine compounds have been found to have immense medicinal value and have gained approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and some are being tested in clinical trials. In the current investigation, we redirected a number of marine compounds toward SARS-CoV-2 by targeting the main protease (M-Pro, PDB ID: 6Y2F), subjecting them to several advanced computational techniques using co-crystallised ligand as the reference compound. The results of the binding affinity studies showed that two compounds, eribulin mesylate (eri) and soblidotin (sob), displayed higher docking scores than did the reference compound. When these compounds were assessed using molecular dynamics simulation, it was evident that they demonstrated stable binding at the binding pocket of the target protein. The systems demonstrated stable root mean square deviation and radius of gyration values, while occupying the binding pocket during the simulation run. Furthermore, the essential dynamics and free energy landscape exploration revealed that the protein had navigated through a minimal energy basin and demonstrated favourable conformation while binding to the proposed inhibitors. Collectively, our findings suggest that two marine compounds, namely en and sob, show potential as SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors.
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