Title : Factual insights of the allosteric inhibition mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 main protease by quercetin: an in silico analysis.

Pub. Date : 2021 Feb

PMID : 33457176






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1 Present study deals with in silico allosteric inhibition analysis of quercetin, against SARS-CoV-2-Mpro. Quercetin NEWENTRY Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
2 Molecular docking of quercetin with Mpro revealed consistent binding of quercetin at a site other than active site in multiple runs, with the highest binding energy of - 8.31 kcal/mol, forming 6 H-bonds with residues Gln127, Cys128, Lys137, Asp289 and Glu290. Quercetin NEWENTRY Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
3 Molecular docking of quercetin with Mpro revealed consistent binding of quercetin at a site other than active site in multiple runs, with the highest binding energy of - 8.31 kcal/mol, forming 6 H-bonds with residues Gln127, Cys128, Lys137, Asp289 and Glu290. Quercetin NEWENTRY Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
4 Molecular dynamic simulation of 50 ns revealed high stability of Mpro-quercetin complex with RMSD values ranging from 0.1 to 0.25 nm. Quercetin NEWENTRY Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
5 Moreover, native-Mpro and Mpro-quercetin complex conformations extracted at different time points from simulation trajectories were subjected to active site-specific docking with modelled substrate peptide (AVLQSGFR) by ZDOCK server. Quercetin NEWENTRY Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
6 While substrate peptide remained intact when docked with Mpro-quercetin complex, also the binding energy of peptide reduced from 785 to 86 from 1 to 50 ns as quercetin induced alterations in the active site cavity reducing its affinity for the substrate. Quercetin NEWENTRY Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
7 While substrate peptide remained intact when docked with Mpro-quercetin complex, also the binding energy of peptide reduced from 785 to 86 from 1 to 50 ns as quercetin induced alterations in the active site cavity reducing its affinity for the substrate. Quercetin NEWENTRY Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
8 Hence, quercetin displayed effective allosteric inhibition potential against SARS-CoV-2 Mpro, and can be developed into an efficient treatment for COVID-19. Quercetin NEWENTRY Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus