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ArticleArchives of microbiology2021

SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid and Nsp3 binding: an in silico study.

Muhammad Tahir Khan, Muhammad Tariq Zeb, Hina Ahsan, Abrar Ahmed, Arif Ali, Khalid Akhtar, Shaukat Iqbal Malik, Zhilei Cui, Sajid Ali, Anwar Sheed Khan and 3 more

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Article in Archives of microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Muhammad Tahir KhanDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biosciences, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad Tariq ZebSenior Research Officer, In-Charge Genomic Laboratory, Veterinary Research Institute, Peshawar, 25000, Pakistan.
Hina AhsanRiphah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Abrar AhmedSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Arif Ali1-State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, and Joint Laboratory of International Cooperation in Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District China, Shanghai, 200240, China.
Khalid AkhtarNational University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Shaukat Iqbal MalikDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biosciences, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Zhilei CuiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, XinHua Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, CN 200025, China.
Sajid AliQuaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5141-3954
Anwar Sheed KhanDepartment of Microbiology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan.
Manzoor AhmadSchool of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Dong-Qing Wei1-State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, and Joint Laboratory of International Cooperation in Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District China, Shanghai, 200240, China. dqwei@sjtu.edu.cn.
Muhammad IrfanDepartment of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1060-4436
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNCapital University of Science and Technology · PKKohat University of Science and Technology · PKQuaid-i-Azam University · PKRiphah International University · PKSun Yat-sen University · CNUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) belongs to the single-stranded positive-sense RNA family. The virus contains a large genome that encodes four structural proteins, small envelope (E), matrix (M), nucleocapsid phosphoprotein (N), spike (S), and 16 nonstructural proteins (nsp1-16) that together, ensure replication of the virus in the host cell. Among these proteins, the interactions of N and Nsp3 are essential that links the viral genome for processing. The N proteins reside at CoV RNA synthesis sites known as the replication-transcription complexes (RTCs). The N-terminal of N has RNA-binding domain (N-NTD), capturing the RNA genome while the C-terminal domain (N-CTD) anchors the viral Nsp3, a component of RTCs. Although the structural information has been recently released, the residues involved in contacts between N-CTD with Nsp3 are still unknown. To find the residues involved in interactions between two proteins, three-dimensional structures of both proteins were retrieved and docked using HADDOCK. Residues at N-CTD were detected in interaction with L499, R500, K501, V502, P503, T504, D505, N506, Y507, I508, T509, K529, K530K532, S533 of Nsp3 and N-NTD to synthesize SARS-CoV-2 RNA. The interaction between Nsp3 and CTD of N protein may be a potential drug target. The current study provides information for better understanding the interaction between N protein and Nsp3 that could be a possible target for future inhibitors.

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Computer SimulationCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsCoronavirus Papain-Like ProteasesCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentCrystallography, X-RayDrug DesignGenome, ViralHumansMolecular Docking SimulationNucleocapsidProtein BindingRNA-Binding ProteinsSARS-CoV-2Viral Nonstructural ProteinsCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsCoronavirus Papain-Like Proteasespapain-like protease, SARS-CoV-2RNA-Binding ProteinsViral Nonstructural ProteinsinteractionsN-CTDNsp3SARS-CoV-2

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PMID32749662
PMCPMC7401470
OpenAlexW3047457453

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