Tannins inhibit SARS-CoV-2 through binding with catalytic dyad residues of 3CLpro : An in silico approach with 19 structural different hydrolysable tannins.
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ABSTRACT: Coronavirus epidemic 2019 (COVID-19), instigated by SARS-CoV-2 virus, is recently raising worldwide and inspiring global health worries. The main 3-chymotrypsin-like cysteine protease (3CLPro ) enzyme of SARS-CoV-2, which operates its replication, could be used as a medication discovery point. We therefore theoretically studied and docked the effects of 19 hydrolysable tannins on SARS-CoV-2 by assembling with the catalytic dyad residues of its 3CLpro using molecular operating environment (MOE 09). Results discovered that pedunculagin, tercatain, and castalin intensely interacted with the receptor binding site and catalytic dyad (Cys145 and His41) of SARS-CoV-2. Our analyses estimated that the top three hits might serve as potential inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 leading mole
SUBMITTER: Khalifa I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7435556 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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