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ArticleMolecular diversity2021

Using Chou's 5-steps rule to study pharmacophore-based virtual screening of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors.

Hemlata Pundir, Tanuja Joshi, Tushar Joshi, Priyanka Sharma, Shalini Mathpal, Subhash Chandra, Sushma Tamta

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Article in Molecular diversity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hemlata Pundir *Department of Botany, D.S.B Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, 263002, India.
Tanuja Joshi *Computational Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Soban Singh Jeena University, Almora, Uttarakhand, India.
Tushar JoshiDepartment of Biotechnology, Kumaun University, Bhimtal Campus, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, 263136, India.
Priyanka SharmaDepartment of Botany, D.S.B Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, 263002, India.
Shalini MathpalDepartment of Biotechnology, Kumaun University, Bhimtal Campus, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, 263136, India.
Subhash ChandraComputational Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Soban Singh Jeena University, Almora, Uttarakhand, India. scjnu@yahoo.co.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8978-5427
Sushma TamtaDepartment of Botany, D.S.B Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, 263002, India.
Kumaun University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently emerged SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19. It is responsible for the deaths of millions of people and has caused global economic and social disruption. The numbers of COVID-19 cases are increasing exponentially across the world. Control of this pandemic disease is challenging because there is no effective drug or vaccine available against this virus and this situation demands an urgent need for the development of anti-SARS-CoV-2 potential medicines. In this regard, the main protease (Mpro) has emerged as an essential drug target as it plays a vital role in virus replication and transcription. In this research, we have identified two novel potent inhibitors of the Mpro (PubChem3408741 and PubChem4167619) from PubChem database by pharmacophore-based high-throughput virtual screening. The molecular docking, toxicity, and pharmacophore analysis indicate that these compounds may act as potential anti-viral candidates. The molecular dynamic simulation along with the binding free energy calculation by MMPBSA showed that these compounds bind to Mpro enzyme with high stability over 50 ns. Our results showed that two compounds: PubChem3408741 and PubChem4167619 had the binding free energy of - 94.02 kJ mol

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Coronavirus 3C ProteasesDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalMolecular Docking SimulationProtease InhibitorsProtein ConformationSARS-CoV-2ThermodynamicsUser-Computer InterfaceCoronavirus 3C ProteasesProtease InhibitorsCOVID-19Main protease (MPro)Molecular dockingPharmacophore modelingPubChem compounds

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PMID33079314
PMCPMC7573527
OpenAlexW3093350213

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