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ArticleViruses2025

Antagonistic Trends Between Binding Affinity and Drug-Likeness in SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Inhibitors Revealed by Machine Learning.

Anacleto Silva de Souza, Vitor Martins de Freitas Amorim, Eduardo Pereira Soares, Robson Francisco de Souza, Cristiane Rodrigues Guzzo

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Article in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Anacleto Silva de SouzaDepartment of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5669-1723
Vitor Martins de Freitas AmorimDepartment of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.
Eduardo Pereira SoaresDepartment of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0002-8420-4889
Robson Francisco de SouzaDepartment of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5284-4630
Cristiane Rodrigues GuzzoDepartment of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5664-8055

Funding

Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) 88887.103056/2025-00FINEP/UFMG/PRPQ/CT VACINAS/SARS-CoV-2 29794São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) 2021/10577-0, 2022/08730-7, 2021/05262-0, 2023/13894-1, 2023/07366-2, 2023/18211-0, 2025/02990-5, 2024/05454-4
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Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) is a validated therapeutic target for inhibiting viral replication. Few compounds have advanced clinically, underscoring the difficulty in optimizing both target affinity and drug-like properties. To address this challenge, we integrated machine learning (ML), molecular docking, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate the balance between pharmacodynamic (PD) and pharmacokinetic (PK) properties in Mpro inhibitor design. We developed ML models to classify Mpro inhibitors based on experimental IC

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Antiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentMachine LearningProtease InhibitorsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19HumansMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BindingSupport Vector Machine3C-like proteinase, SARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesProtease Inhibitorsdrug discoveryhit-to-lead optimization challengesmachine learningmain proteasemolecular dynamics simulationsSARS-CoV-2

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PMID40733553
PMCPMC12298528

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