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ArticleBeni-Suef University journal of basic and applied sciences2021

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Suleiman Aminu, Mohammed Auwal Ibrahim, Abdullahi Balarabe Sallau

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Article in Beni-Suef University journal of basic and applied sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Suleiman AminuDepartment of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Mohammed Auwal IbrahimDepartment of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0002-0680-3889
Abdullahi Balarabe SallauDepartment of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Ahmadu Bello University · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecent COVID-19 outbreak has prompted the search of novel therapeutic agents to treat the disease. The initial step of the infection involves the binding of the virus through the viral spike protein with the host angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). In this study, the interaction of some ACE or ACE2 inhibitors and their analogues as well as selected compounds with the viral spike protein as a strategy to hinder viral-ACE2 interaction were investigated.

resultsThe ACE inhibitors and their analogues fosinopril (1-), fosinopril and moexipril have the best binding affinity to the protein with binding energies < - 7.0 kcal/mol while non-flavonoid stilben-4-ol binds with free binding energy of - 7.1 kcal/mol. Others compounds which belong to either the flavonoids, terpenes and alkaloid classes also have binding energies  < - 7.0 kcal/mol. Such high binding energies were enhanced via hydrogen bond (h-bond) interactions in addition to other interactions observed between the compounds and the amino acid residues of the protein.

conclusionsThe ACE inhibitors and their analogues as well as the selected compounds could serve as inhibitors of the spike protein as well as lead in drug discovery processes to target the

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Angiotensin converting enzymeFlavonoidsSARS-CoV-2Spike protein

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PMID34458381
PMCPMC8386153
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