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ArticleMolecular biotechnology2025

Identification of Novel Drug Molecules Against NS3-Like Helicase Enzyme of Alongshan Virus.

Fizza Gul, Sajjad Ahmad, Kalsoom Khan, Rehana Masood, Farhan Siddique, Mehvish Bibi, Salma Mohammed Aljahdali, Mohammad Abdullah Aljasir, Tabarak Sabah Jassim, Dong-Qing Wei and 1 more

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Fizza GulDepartment of Health and Biological Sciences, Abasyn University, Peshawar, 25000, Pakistan.
Sajjad AhmadDepartment of Health and Biological Sciences, Abasyn University, Peshawar, 25000, Pakistan. sajjad.ahmad@abasyn.edu.pk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0754-1742
Kalsoom KhanDepartment of Health and Biological Sciences, Abasyn University, Peshawar, 25000, Pakistan.
Rehana MasoodDepartment of Biochemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Farhan SiddiqueDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakriya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan.
Mehvish BibiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakriya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan.
Salma Mohammed AljahdaliDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad Abdullah AljasirDepartment of Medical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.
Tabarak Sabah JassimDepartment of Plant Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, Al-Nahrain University, Jadriya, Baghdad, Iraq.
Dong-Qing WeiZhongjing Research and Industrialization Institute of Chinese Medicine, Zhongguancun Scientific Park, Nayang, 473006, People's Republic of China.
Muhammad IrfanDepartment of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.

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Abstract

Alongshan virus (ALSV) is a novel tick-borne virus associated with human diseases. The ALSV is a segmented flavivirus from the family Flaviviridae. It is currently considered as tick-borne arbovirus. There is a high incidence of fever and headache among patients with ALSV infection, and some patients also present with fatigue, coma, depression, nausea, myalgia/arthralgia, and skin rashes. Neither a licensed vaccine nor a drug is currently available to treat ALSV. The development of new, practical, and innovative therapeutic approaches is needed to overcome the emergence of the pathogen. Research on drugs remains a complex, time-consuming, and expensive. The field of drug development has undergone a revolution due to the use of computational approaches, which provide several benefits that speed up and improve the process of developing novel drugs. The goal of this study is to identify novel drug-like molecules against NS3-like helicase enzyme of Alongshan virus. Using molecular docking, the binding potential of the top three ligands to the specified target was determined. Molecular dynamic simulations were used to identify the stabilities of the best-docked conformations followed by energy calculations and ADMET analysis. Three potential and promising compounds were identified by performing structure-based virtual screening of non-structural protein 3 (NS3) like helicase of Alongshan virus. The best-docked complexes identified through virtual screening were BDC-23169381, BDB-26412846, BDB-2641954. All these compounds had good pharmacokinetics characteristics and were identified as drug like.

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Antiviral AgentsRNA HelicasesViral Nonstructural ProteinsHumansLigandsMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BindingAntiviral AgentsLigandsRNA HelicasesViral Nonstructural ProteinsAlongshan virusComputer-aided drug designingMolecular dockingMolecular dynamic simulation analysis

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