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ArticleJournal of advanced research2020

Synthetic bulky NS4A peptide variants bind to and inhibit HCV NS3 protease.

Moustafa E El-Araby, Abdelsattar M Omar, Sameh H Soror, Stefan T Arold, Maan T Khayat, Hani Z Asfour, Faida Bamane, Mahmoud A Elfaky

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Article in Journal of advanced research, 2020. 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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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Moustafa E El-ArabyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Alsulaymanyah, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Abdelsattar M OmarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Alsulaymanyah, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Sameh H SororDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, P.O. 11795, Cairo, Egypt.
Stefan T AroldKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Computational Bioscience Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Maan T KhayatDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Alsulaymanyah, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Hani Z AsfourDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Faida BamaneDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Mahmoud A ElfakyDepartment of Natural Products and Alternative Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Alsulaymanyah, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz University · SAAl-Azhar University · EGHelwan University · EGKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NS4A is a non-structural multi-tasking small peptide that is essential for HCV maturation and replication. The central odd-numbered hydrophobic residues of NS4A (Val-23' to Leu-31') are essential for activating NS3 upon NS3/4A protease complex formation. This study aims to design new specific allosteric NS3/4A protease inhibitors by mutating Val-23', Ile-25', and Ile-29' into bulkier amino acids. Pep-15, a synthetic peptide, showed higher binding affinity towards HCV-NS3 subtype-4 than native NS4A. The

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Allosteric inhibitorDSLSFluorescence anisotropyHCVNS3/4APeptide mutants

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PMCPMC7195562
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