Investigating the role of hypothetical protein (AAB33144.1) in HIV-1 virus pathogenicity: A comparative study with FDA-Approved inhibitor compounds through In silico analysis and molecular docking.

ABSTRACT:

Aim and objective

Due to the a lot of unexplored proteins in HIV-1, this research aimed to explore the functional roles of a hypothetical protein (AAB33144.1) that might play a key role in HIV-1 pathogenicity.

Methods

The homologous protein was identified along with building and validating the 3D structure by searching several bioinformatics tools.

Results

Retroviral aspartyl protease and retropepsin like functional domains and motifs, folding pattern (cupredoxins), and subcellular localization in cytoplasmic membrane were determined as biological activity. Besides, the functional annotation revealed that the chosen hypothetical protein possessed protease-like activity. To validate our generated protein 3D structure, molecular docking was performed with five compounds

SUBMITTER: Hossain MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10755284 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature