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ArticleBiomolecules2022

AI-Aided Design of Novel Targeted Covalent Inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2.

Bowen Tang, Fengming He, Dongpeng Liu, Fei He, Tong Wu, Meijuan Fang, Zhangming Niu, Zhen Wu, Dong Xu

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Article in Biomolecules, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Bowen TangDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Informatics Institute, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Fengming HeFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361000, China.
Dongpeng LiuDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Informatics Institute, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Fei HeDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Informatics Institute, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3284-9506
Tong WuDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Informatics Institute, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Meijuan FangFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361000, China.
Zhangming NiuMindRank AI Ltd., Hangzhou 310000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7009-946X
Zhen WuFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361000, China.
Dong XuDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Informatics Institute, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4809-0514
Xiamen University · CNNortheast Normal University · CNUniversity of Missouri · USChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

Multi-view self-supervised deep learning for biological sequences and beyondR35GM126985 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI DONG XU · 2018 to 2026
$3.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM126985
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The drug repurposing of known approved drugs (e.g., lopinavir/ritonavir) has failed to treat SARS-CoV-2-infected patients. Therefore, it is important to generate new chemical entities against this virus. As a critical enzyme in the lifecycle of the coronavirus, the 3C-like main protease (3CLpro or Mpro) is the most attractive target for antiviral drug design. Based on a recently solved structure (PDB ID: 6LU7), we developed a novel advanced deep Q-learning network with a fragment-based drug design (ADQN-FBDD) for generating potential lead compounds targeting SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro. We obtained a series of derivatives from the lead compounds based on our structure-based optimization policy (SBOP). All of the 47 lead compounds obtained directly with our AI model and related derivatives based on the SBOP are accessible in our molecular library. These compounds can be used as potential candidates by researchers to develop drugs against SARS-CoV-2.

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentSARS-CoV-2Artificial IntelligenceCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCysteine EndopeptidasesHumansMolecular Docking SimulationProtease InhibitorsViral Nonstructural ProteinsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCysteine EndopeptidasesProtease InhibitorsViral Nonstructural Proteins3C-like main proteaseCOVIDdeep Q-learning networkdrug designSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35740872
PMCPMC9220321
OpenAlexW4281570112

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