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ArticleMolecular diversity2025

Analyzing energetics and dynamics of hepatitis C virus polymerase interactions with marine bacterial compounds: a computational study.

Ahmed Alobaida, Amr S Abouzied, Kareem M Younes, Rami M Alzhrani, Hashem O Alsaab, Bader Huwaimel

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Ahmed AlobaidaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Ha'il, 81442, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia.
Amr S AbouziedDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, 81442, Hail, Saudi Arabia. as.ibrahim@uoh.edu.sa.
Kareem M YounesDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, 81442, Hail, Saudi Arabia.
Rami M AlzhraniDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, 21944, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Hashem O AlsaabDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, 21944, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Bader HuwaimelDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, 81442, Hail, Saudi Arabia.

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University of Hail RG-23 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is a significant health concern affecting a large portion of the global population and is a major cause of acute liver diseases, including cirrhosis. The variability in the HCV genome mainly results from the rapid replication facilitated by the NS5B polymerase, making it a prime target for anti-HCV drug development. This study explores potential compounds from marine bacteria that could inhibit the HCV NS5B polymerase by virtual screening, analyzing the energetics, and dynamic behavior of target-compound complexes. Virtual screening with the Lipinski filter was employed to select compounds from the marine bacteria database that demonstrated strong binding affinity to NS5B. The top four (CMNPD27216, CMNPD21066, CMNPD21065, and CMNPD27283) compounds, ranked by their re-docking scores, underwent additional evaluation. Molecular dynamics simulations for 200 ns were conducted to assess the dynamic stability of these complexes in a solvent environment. Furthermore, methods such as MM-GBSA, PCA, and free energy landscape analysis were used to analyze the system's energetics and identify stable conformations by locating transition states. The findings suggest that these compounds exhibit promising binding capabilities to HCV polymerase and could be considered for future experimental validation.

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Antiviral AgentsAquatic OrganismsBacteriaHepacivirusViral Nonstructural ProteinsMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BindingRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseThermodynamicsAntiviral AgentsNS-5 protein, hepatitis C virusRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseViral Nonstructural ProteinsHepatitis C virusMarine bacterial compoundsMD simulationPCA-based free energy landscape

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