Abstract：
:The COVID-19 has been creating a global crisis, causing countless deaths and unbearable panic. Despite the progress made in the development of the vaccine, there is an urge need for the discovery of antivirals that may better work at different stages of SARS-CoV-2 reproduction. The main protease (Mpro) of the SARS-CoV-2 is a crucial therapeutic target due to its critical function in virus replication. The α-ketoamide derivatives represent an important class of inhibitors against the Mpro of the SARS-CoV. While there is 99% sequence similarity between SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 main proteases, anti-SARS-CoV compounds may have a huge demonstration's prospect of their effectiveness against the SARS-CoV-2. In this study, we applied various computational approaches to investigate the inhibition potency of novel designed α-ketoamide-based compounds. In this regard, a set of 21 α-ketoamides was employed to construct a QSAR model, using the genetic algorithm-multiple linear regression (GA-MLR), as well as a pharmacophore fit model. Based on the GA-MLR model, 713 new designed molecules were reduced to 150 promising hits, which were later subject to the established pharmacophore fit model. Among the 150 compounds, the best selected compounds (3 hits) with greater pharmacophore fit score were further studied via molecular docking, molecular dynamic simulations along with the Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET) analysis. Our approach revealed that the three hit compounds could serve as potential inhibitors against the SARS-CoV-2 Mpro target.
journal_name
J Mol Structjournal_title
Journal of molecular structureauthors
Oubahmane M,Hdoufane I,Bjij I,Jerves C,Villemin D,Cherqaoui Ddoi
10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130897keywords:
["Main protease (Mpro)","Molecular docking","Molecular dynamics simulations","Pharmacophore modeling","QSAR","SARS-CoV-2","α-Ketoamide"]subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2021-11-15 00:00:00pages
130897eissn
0022-2860issn
1872-8014pii
S0022-2860(21)01030-9journal_volume
1244pub_type
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