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Engineering Antiviral Agents via Surface Plasmon Resonance
Published on: June 14, 2022
Intra-protein interactions of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS: a bioinformatic analysis for plausible explanation regarding
Debanjan Mitra1, Aditya K Pal1, Pradeep Kr Das Mohapatra1
1Department of Microbiology, Raiganj University, Raiganj, WB India.
Abstract:
The current nightmare for the whole world is COVID-19. The occurrence of concentrated pneumonia cases in Wuhan city, Hubei province of China, was first reported on December 30, 2019. SARS-CoV first disclosed in 2002 but had not outspread worldwide. After 18 years, in 2020, it reemerged and outspread worldwide as SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), as the most dangerous virus-creating disease in the world. Is it possible to create a favorable evolution within the short time (18 years)? If possible, then what are those properties or factors that are changed in SARS-CoV-2 to make it undefeated? What are the fundamental differences between SARS-CoV-2 and SARS? The study is one of the initiatives to find out all those queries. Here, four types of protein sequences from SARS-CoV-2 and SARS were retrieved from the database to study their physicochemical and structural properties. Results showed that charged residues are playing a pivotal role in SARS-CoV-2 evolution and contribute to the helix stabilization. The formation of the cyclic salt bridge and other intra-protein interactions specially network aromatic-aromatic interaction also play the crucial role in SAS-CoV-2. This comparative study will help to understand the evolution from SARS to SARS-CoV-2 and helpful in protein engineering.
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