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ArticleVegetos (Bareilly, India)2023

In-silico docking studies of selected phytochemicals against papain like protease of SARS-Cov-2.

Palanisamy Saranya, Ramesh Karunya, Gopalsamy Keerthi Varshini, Kalaiselvan Kowsikan, Ramesh Prathiksha

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Article in Vegetos (Bareilly, India), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Palanisamy SaranyaDepartment of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College of Technology, Thadagam Road, Coimbatore, 641013 India.ORCID 0000-0002-8559-6776
Ramesh KarunyaDepartment of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College of Technology, Thadagam Road, Coimbatore, 641013 India.
Gopalsamy Keerthi VarshiniDepartment of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College of Technology, Thadagam Road, Coimbatore, 641013 India.
Kalaiselvan KowsikanDepartment of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College of Technology, Thadagam Road, Coimbatore, 641013 India.
Ramesh PrathikshaIndian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382055 India.
Department of Biotechnology · INIndian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The SARS-Cov-2 virus, which is evolving continuously and causing adverse effects throughout the world, needs an effective drug molecule for its treatment. There are several receptors of SARS Cov-2 which are targeted for its inhibition by many lead molecules both in-vitro and in-vivo. Papain like Protease (PLpro) is one of the two SARS-Cov-2 proteases that can be used as a drug target for SARS Cov-2. It is a coronavirus enzyme that plays a role in the cleavage and maturation of viral polyproteins, assembly of the replicase-transcriptase complex and disruption of host responses. PLpro has also been linked to the cleavage of proteinaceous post translational modifications on host proteins as a means of evading antiviral immune responses. Structure-based drug discovery can be one of the effective methods to screen for various molecules against the target receptors. In this study, PLpro of SARS CoV-2 was chosen as the target for docking. Forty phytochemicals from various plant sources and four synthetic drugs have been screened for their inhibitory potential against PLpro using

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DockingMD simulationPapain-like protease (PLpro)SARS CoV-2Tinosponone

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PMID36530568
PMCPMC9734692
OpenAlexW4311622360

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