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ArticleMolecular diversity2022

Exploring naphthyl derivatives as SARS-CoV papain-like protease (PLpro) inhibitors and its implications in COVID-19 drug discovery.

Sk Abdul Amin, Kalyan Ghosh, Samayaditya Singh, Insaf Ahmed Qureshi, Tarun Jha, Shovanlal Gayen

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  4. Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 PLpro.Frontiers in chemistry · 2022
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  6. Fight against novel coronavirus: A perspective of medicinal chemists.European journal of medicinal chemistry · 2020
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Sk Abdul Amin *Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, P. O. Box 17020, Kolkata, India.
Kalyan GhoshLaboratory of Drug Design and Discovery, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Samayaditya SinghDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Insaf Ahmed Qureshi *Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Tarun JhaNatural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, P. O. Box 17020, Kolkata, India. tjupharm@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9996-738X
Shovanlal GayenLaboratory of Drug Design and Discovery, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. shovanlal.gayen@gmail.com.

Funding

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India FILE NO.: 09/096(0967)/2019-EMR-I, dated: 01-04-2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerges as a serious threat to public health globally. The rapid spreading of COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), proclaimed the multitude of applied research needed not only to save the human health but also for the environmental safety. As per the recent World Health Organization reports, the novel corona virus may never be wiped out completely from the world. In this connection, the inhibitors already designed against different targets of previous human coronavirus (HCoV) infections will be a great starting point for further optimization. Pinpointing biochemical events censorious to the HCoV lifecycle has provided two proteases: a papain-like protease (PLpro) and a 3C-like protease (3CLpro) enzyme essential for viral replication. In this study, naphthyl derivatives inhibiting PLpro enzyme were subjected to robust molecular modelling approaches to understand different structural fingerprints important for the inhibition. Here, we cover two main aspects such as (a) exploration of naphthyl derivatives by classification QSAR analyses to find important fingerprints that module the SARS-CoV PLpro inhibition and (b) implications of naphthyl derivatives against SARS-CoV-2 PLpro enzyme through detailed ligand-receptor interaction analysis. The modelling insights will help in the speedy design of potent broad spectrum PLpro inhibitors against infectious SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 in the future.

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentSevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirusAntiviral AgentsDrug DiscoveryHumansPapainProtease InhibitorsSARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsPapainProtease InhibitorsCOVID-19Dynamic simulationMolecular dockingNaphthyl derivativeSARS-CoV-2SARS-CoV PLpro

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PMCPMC7936608

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