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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

In-Silico Screening and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Drug Bank Experimental Compounds against SARS-CoV-2.

Norah A Alturki, Mutaib M Mashraqi, Ahmad Alzamami, Youssef S Alghamdi, Afaf A Alharthi, Saeed A Asiri, Shaban Ahmad, Saleh Alshamrani

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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8 authors.

Norah A AlturkiClinical Laboratory Science Department, College of Applied Medical Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia.
Mutaib M MashraqiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Najran University, Najran 61441, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2931-296X
Ahmad AlzamamiClinical Laboratory Science Department, College of Applied Medical Science, Shaqra University, Al Quwayiyah 11961, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7134-663X
Youssef S AlghamdiDepartment of Biology, Turabah University College, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4982-5161
Afaf A AlharthiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4171-9850
Saeed A AsiriDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Najran University, Najran 61441, Saudi Arabia.
Shaban AhmadAgriculture Knowledge Management Unit, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Dehli 110012, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9832-2830
Saleh AlshamraniDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Najran University, Najran 61441, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

Taif University TURSP-2020/258
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For the last few years, the world has been going through a difficult time, and the reason behind this is severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), one of the significant members of the Coronaviridae family. The major research groups have shifted their focus towards finding a vaccine and drugs against SARS-CoV-2 to reduce the infection rate and save the life of human beings. Even the WHO has permitted using certain vaccines for an emergency attempt to cut the infection curve down. However, the virus has a great sense of mutation, and the vaccine's effectiveness remains questionable. No natural medicine is available at the community level to cure the patients for now. In this study, we have screened the vast library of experimental drugs of Drug Bank with Schrodinger's maestro by using three algorithms: high-throughput virtual screening (HTVS), standard precision, and extra precise docking followed by Molecular Mechanics/Generalized Born Surface Area (MMGBSA). We have identified 3-(7-diaminomethyl-naphthalen-2-YL)-propionic acid ethyl ester and Thymidine-5'-thiophosphate as potent inhibitors against the SARS-CoV-2, and both drugs performed impeccably and showed stability during the 100 ns molecular dynamics simulation. Both of the drugs are among the category of small molecules and have an acceptable range of ADME properties. They can be used after their validation in

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentSARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsHumansMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtease InhibitorsAntiviral AgentsProtease Inhibitorsmolecular dockingmolecular dynamics simulationreplication-transcription complexRNA-dependent RNA polymeraseSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35889265
PMCPMC9317596

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