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ArticlePloS one2022

Seeking antiviral drugs to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 RNA dependent RNA polymerase: A molecular docking analysis.

Ibrahim Khater, Aaya Nassar

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ibrahim KhaterBiophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-7463-0000
Aaya NassarBiophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-5542-9387
Cairo University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 outbreak associated with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) raised health concerns across the globe and has been considered highly transmissible between people. In attempts for finding therapeutic treatment for the new disease, this work has focused on examining the polymerase inhibitors against the SARS-CoV-2 nsp12 and co-factors nsp8 and nsp7. Several polymerase inhibitors were examined against PDB ID: 6M71 using computational analysis evaluating the ligand's binding affinity to replicating groove to the active site. The findings of this analysis showed Cytarabine of -5.65 Kcal/mol with the highest binding probability (70%) to replicating groove of 6M71. The complex stability was then examined over 19 ns molecular dynamics simulation suggesting that Cytarabine might be possible potent inhibitor for the SARS-CoV-2 RNA Dependent RNA Polymerase.

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Antiviral AgentsCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentCytarabineHumansMolecular Docking SimulationRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsCytarabineRNA, Viral

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PMID35639751
PMCPMC9154104
OpenAlexW4285745154

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