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ArticleThe Egyptian journal of medical human genetics2020

Potential therapeutic target identification in the novel 2019 coronavirus: insight from homology modeling and blind docking study.

Olanrewaju Ayodeji Durojaye, Talifhani Mushiana, Henrietta Onyinye Uzoeto, Samuel Cosmas, Victor Malachy Udowo, Abayomi Gaius Osotuyi, Glory Omini Ibiang, Miapeh Kous Gonlepa

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Article in The Egyptian journal of medical human genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Olanrewaju Ayodeji DurojayeSchool of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8988-8154
Talifhani MushianaSchool of Chemistry and Material Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Henrietta Onyinye UzoetoDepartment of Biological Sciences, Coal City University, Emene, Enugu State Nigeria.
Samuel CosmasDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State Nigeria.
Victor Malachy UdowoInstitute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
Abayomi Gaius OsotuyiSchool of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Glory Omini IbiangDepartment of Biological Sciences, Coal City University, Emene, Enugu State Nigeria.
Miapeh Kous GonlepaSchool of Public Affairs, Department of Public Administration, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
University of Science and Technology of China · CNEnugu State University of Science and Technology · NGUniversity of Nigeria · NGChinese Academy of Sciences · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The 2019-nCoV which is regarded as a novel coronavirus is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. It is infectious to humans and is the cause of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak which has elicited an emergency in public health and a call for immediate international concern has been linked to it. The coronavirus main proteinase which is also known as the 3C-like protease (3CLpro) is a very important protein in all coronaviruses for the role it plays in the replication of the virus and the proteolytic processing of the viral polyproteins. The resultant cytotoxic effect which is a product of consistent viral replication and proteolytic processing of polyproteins can be greatly reduced through the inhibition of the viral main proteinase activities. This makes the 3C-like protease of the coronavirus a potential and promising target for therapeutic agents against the viral infection. Results: This study describes the detailed computational process by which the 2019-nCoV main proteinase coding sequence was mapped out from the viral full genome, translated and the resultant amino acid sequence used in modeling the protein 3D structure. Comparative physiochemical studies were carried out on the resultant target protein and its template while selected HIV protease inhibitors were docked against the protein binding sites which contained no co-crystallized ligand. Conclusion: In line with results from this study which has shown great consistency with other scientific findings on coronaviruses, we recommend the administration of the selected HIV protease inhibitors as first-line therapeutic agents for the treatment of the current coronavirus epidemic.

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