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ArticleComputers in biology and medicine2021

Computational repurposing of tamibarotene against triple mutant variant of SARS-CoV-2.

Somdutt Mujwar

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Article in Computers in biology and medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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Somdutt MujwarInstitute of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA University, Mathura, 281406, Uttar Pradesh, India. Electronic address: somduttmujwar@gmail.com.
GLA University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The outbreak of the triple mutant strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-COV-2) was more virulent and pathogenic than its original strain. The viral triple mutant strain of SARS-COV-2 is extremely adaptive and increases penetrability into the host. The triple mutant viral strain was first reported in Brazil and South Africa and then communicated to different countries responsible for the second wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic with a high mortality rate. The reported genomic mutations are responsible for the alterations in the viral functional and structural proteins, causing the ineffectiveness of the existing antiviral therapy targeting these proteins. Thus, in current research, molecular docking simulation-based virtual screening of a ligand library consisting of FDA-approved existing drugs followed by molecular dynamics simulation-based validation of leads was performed to develop a potent inhibitor molecule for the triple mutant viral strain SARS-CoV-2. Based on the safety profile, tamibarotene was selected as a safe and effective drug candidate for developing therapy against the triple mutant viral spike protein of SARS-CoV-2.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsBenzoatesDrug RepositioningHumansMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationTetrahydronaphthalenesAntiviral AgentsBenzoatestamibaroteneTetrahydronaphthalenesAntiviralCoronaCOVID-19Delta variantDrug repositioningDrug repurposingDrug-resistanceResistanceSARS-CoV-2Tamibarotene

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PMID34388463
PMCPMC8349365
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