Abstract

Research Article

In silico comparative analysis of HIV protease inhibitors effect on 2019-nCoV coronavirus 3CLpro

Vandna Kumari and Shamsher Singh Kanwar*

Published: 03 July, 2020 | Volume 4 - Issue 1 | Pages: 012-014

The novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV has become a bane to mankind and spread worldwide and infected many people. Thus, there is an urgent need of a cure for the severe pneumonia disease caused by this virus. In this study, In silico comparative analysis has been done for HIV protease inhibitors on coronavirus 3CLpro protein which has shown the major interactions and common amino acid residues involved in interactions. The amino acid interaction analysis has revealed two amino acids ARG4, LYS5 to be the major amino acids targets among selected ligands. The binding energy analysis has also revealed Cobicistat as one of these best suited ligand for 3CLpro.

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Keywords:

2019-nCoV; Protease inhibitors; Pneumonia; 3CLpro; Interaction analysis; Ligands

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