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ArticleSaudi journal of biological sciences2022

Estari Mamidala, Rakesh Davella, Munipally Praveen Kumar, Satyanarayana Swamy, Mruthinti Abhiav, Zahid Ali Kaimkhani, K A Al-Ghanim, Shahid Mahboob

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Article in Saudi journal of biological sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Estari MamidalaInfectious Diseases Research Lab, Department of Zoology, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana 506 009, India.
Rakesh DavellaInfectious Diseases Research Lab, Department of Zoology, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana 506 009, India.
Munipally Praveen KumarInfectious Diseases Research Lab, Department of Zoology, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana 506 009, India.
Satyanarayana SwamyDepartment of Biology, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118-6300, United States.
Mruthinti AbhiavDivision of ISRM, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Health Research, New Delhi, India.
Zahid Ali KaimkhaniCollege of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
K A Al-GhanimDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Shahid MahboobDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the epidemic began in November 2019, no viable medicine against SARS-CoV-2 has been discovered. The typical medication discovery strategy requires several years of rigorous research and development as well as a significant financial commitment, which is not feasible in the face of the current epidemic. Through molecular docking and dynamic simulation studies, we used the FDA-approved drug mezonavir against the most important viral targets, including spike (S) glycoprotein, Transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2), RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), Main protease (Mpro), human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2), and furin. These targets are critical for viral replication and infection propagation because they play a key role in replication/transcription and host cell recognition. Molecular docking revealed that the antiviral medication mozenavir showed a stronger affinity for SARS-CoV-2 target proteins than reference medicines in this investigation. We discovered that mozenavir increases the complex's stability and validates the molecular docking findings using molecular dynamics modeling. Furin, a target protein of COVID-19, has a greater binding affinity (-12.04 kcal/mol) than other COVID-19 target proteins, forming different hydrogen bonds and polar and hydrophobic interactions, suggesting that it might be used as an antiviral treatment against SARS-CoV-2. Overall, the present

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PMCPMC8522677

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