Amentoflavone derivatives significantly act towards the main protease (3CLPRO/MPRO) of SARS-CoV-2: in silico admet profiling, molecular docking, molecular …

D Dey, R Hossain, P Biswas, P Paul, MA Islam… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
SARS-CoV-2 is the foremost culprit of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (nCoV-19 and/or
simply COVID-19) and poses a threat to the continued life of humans on the planet and …

Using molecular docking and molecular dynamics to investigate protein-ligand interactions

CJ Morris, DD Corte - Modern Physics Letters B, 2021 - World Scientific
Molecular docking and molecular dynamics (MD) are powerful tools used to investigate
protein-ligand interactions. Molecular docking programs predict the binding pose and affinity …

A molecular modeling approach to identify effective antiviral phytochemicals against the main protease of SARS-CoV-2

R Islam, MR Parves, AS Paul, N Uddin… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The main protease of SARS-CoV-2 is one of the important targets to design and develop
antiviral drugs. In this study, we have selected 40 antiviral phytochemicals to find out the …

Putative inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease from a library of marine natural products: a virtual screening and molecular modeling study

D Gentile, V Patamia, A Scala, MT Sciortino, A Piperno… - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
The current emergency due to the worldwide spread of the COVID-19 caused by the new
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a great concern for …

A novel ACE2 isoform is expressed in human respiratory epithelia and is upregulated in response to interferons and RNA respiratory virus infection

C Blume, CL Jackson, CM Spalluto, J Legebeke… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the main entry point in airway epithelial
cells for SARS-CoV-2. ACE2 binding to the SARS-CoV-2 protein spike triggers viral fusion …

[HTML][HTML] In silico prediction of potential inhibitors for the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 using molecular docking and dynamics simulation based drug-repurposing

Y Kumar, H Singh, CN Patel - Journal of infection and public health, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The rapidly enlarging COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel SARS-corona
virus-2 is a global public health emergency of an unprecedented level. Unfortunately no …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro main protease by plant polyphenols

M Bahun, M Jukić, D Oblak, L Kranjc, G Bajc, M Butala… - Food chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The abundance of polyphenols in edible plants makes them an important component of
human nutrition. Considering the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a number of studies have …

Crucial role and mechanism of transcription-coupled DNA repair in bacteria

BK Bharati, M Gowder, F Zheng, K Alzoubi, V Svetlov… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Transcription-coupled DNA repair (TCR) is presumed to be a minor sub-pathway of
nucleotide excision repair (NER) in bacteria. Global genomic repair is thought to perform the …

Assessment of antiviral potencies of cannabinoids against SARS-CoV-2 using computational and in vitro approaches

V Raj, JG Park, KH Cho, P Choi, T Kim, J Ham… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Effective treatment choices to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-
CoV-2) are limited because of the absence of effective target-based therapeutics. The main …

Efficacy of Phytochemicals Derived from Avicennia officinalis for the Management of COVID-19: A Combined In Silico and Biochemical Study

S Mahmud, GK Paul, M Afroze, S Islam, SBR Gupt… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global threat for healthcare
management and the economic system, and effective treatments against the pathogenic …