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Use of Viral Entry Assays and Molecular Docking Analysis for the Identification of Antiviral Candidates against Coxsackievirus A16
Published on: July 15, 2019
Deciphering the molecular details of interactions between anti-COVID drugs and functional human proteins: in silico
Valeriya M Trusova1, Olga A Zhytniakivska1, Uliana K Tarabara1
1Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Nanotechnologies, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Abstract:
The molecular docking calculations have been employed to investigate the interactions a set of proteins with the repurposed anti-COVID drugs. The position of the therapeutic agents within the protein structure was dependent on a particular drug-protein system and varied from the binding cleft to the periphery of the polypeptide chain. Interactions involved in the drug-protein complexation includes predominantly hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic contacts. The obtained results may be of particular importance while developing the anti-COVID strategies as well as for deeper understanding of the drug pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.
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