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ArticleSaudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society2023

Screening and identification of potential MERS-CoV papain-like protease (PLpro) inhibitors; Steady-state kinetic and Molecular dynamic studies.

Mohammed Ali Dahhas, Hamad M Alkahtani, Ajamaluddin Malik, Abdulrahman A Almehizia, Ahmed H Bakheit, Siddique Akber Ansar, Abdullah S AlAbdulkarim, Lamees S Alrasheed, Mohammad A Alsenaidy

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Article in Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammed Ali DahhasDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Hamad M AlkahtaniDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department Chairman, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Ajamaluddin MalikDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University. King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman A AlmehiziaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed H BakheitDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department Chairman, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Siddique Akber AnsarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department Chairman, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah S AlAbdulkarimDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Lamees S AlrasheedDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department Chairman, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad A AlsenaidyDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh Elm University · SAKing Saud University · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MERS-CoV belongs to the coronavirus group. Recent years have seen a rash of coronavirus epidemics. In June 2012, MERS-CoV was discovered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with 2,591 MERSA cases confirmed by lab tests by the end of August 2022 and 894 deaths at a case-fatality ratio (CFR) of 34.5% documented worldwide. Saudi Arabia reported the majority of these cases, with 2,184 cases and 813 deaths (CFR: 37.2%), necessitating a thorough understanding of the molecular machinery of MERS-CoV. To develop antiviral medicines, illustrative investigation of the protein in coronavirus subunits are required to increase our understanding of the subject. In this study, recombinant expression and purification of MERS-CoV (PLpro), a primary goal for the development of 22 new inhibitors, were completed using a high throughput screening methodology that employed fragment-based libraries in conjunction with structure-based virtual screening. Compounds

Indexed as

3CLpro, 3-Chymotrypsin -like ProteaseADMET, Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicityCFR, Case fatality rateDrug DesignDrug DiscoveryDTT, DithiothreitolE. coli, Escherichia coliEDTA, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acidHCoV-, Human CoronavirusHIA, Human intestinal absorptionHis-tag, Histidine tagInhibitorsIPTG, Isopropyl b-D-1-thiogalactopyranosideKan, KanamicynLB, Luria–BertaniMD, Molecular dynamicMERS-CoV PLpro InhibitorsMOE, Molecular Operating EnvironmentMolecular DockingMolecular dynamic simulationMPLpro, MERS papain-like proteaseNi-NTA, Nickel-nitrilotriNonstructural proteinsPapain-like proteasePLIF, Protein- ligand interaction fingerprintpp1a, Polyprotein 1app1b, Polyprotein 1bProteaseRMSD, Root Mean Square DeviationRMSF, Root Mean Square Fluctuation

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PMID36540698
PMCPMC9756750
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