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ArticleAvicenna journal of medical biotechnology

Identification of Potential Lead Molecules for Zika Envelope Protein from In Silico Perspective.

Selvaa Kumar Chellasamy, Shine Devarajan

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Article in Avicenna journal of medical biotechnology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Selvaa Kumar ChellasamyFaculty of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, D.Y. Patil Deemed to be University, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, India.
Shine DevarajanFaculty of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, D.Y. Patil Deemed to be University, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, India.
D.Y. Patil University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundZika virus is the family member of flavivirus with no reported clinically approved drugs or vaccines in the market till date. This virus is spread by

methodsMultiple sequence alignment method was considered for the analysis of indels in envelope protein. Phylogenetic tree was constructed based on the alignment. Aliphatic index, GRAVY scores and hydropathy plot of the envelope proteins were calculated for the flavivirus family members. Zika envelope protein was homology modeled and considered for protein-ligand docking analysis with chemical compounds of known functions.

resultsAs per in silico based analysis, the envelope protein of Zika virus is highly hydrophilic with the least number of amino acid deletions compared to rest of the family members. During docking studies, it was observed that compounds like NITD, compound 6, P02, Doxytetracycline and Rolitetracycline show better binding affinity with Zika envelope protein compared to dengue virus.

conclusionThese better binding compounds could be the promising lead molecules for Zika envelope protein which could better block the viral entry.

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AedesDengue virusEnvelope proteinFlavivirusMicrocephalyZika virus

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PMID30800249
PMCPMC6359704
OpenAlexW2927392680

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