Omotuyi, O.I., Raphael Taiwo Aruleba and Abidemi Paul Kappo. 2020 "Darunavir Disrupts Critical Nodes in Metastable 2019-nCoV-RBD/ACE-2 Complex" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202003.0125.v1
Abstract
The transnational spread of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) first detected in Wuhan is causing global panic; thus, accelerated research into clinical intervention is of high necessity. The spike glycoprotein structure has been resolved, and its affinity to human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) has been experimentally validated. Here, using computational methods, a metastable conformation of 2019-nCoV-RBD/ACE-2 complex has been revealed and FDA-database of approved drugs have been docked into the interface. Darunavir has been discovered as high ligand affinity candidate capable of disrupting communication between 2019-nCoV-RBD and ACE-2. Darunavir, in addition to its previously known anti-HIV protease inhibitor is now repurposeable for the treatment 2019-nCoV disease acting via disruption of cellular recognition, binding and invasion.
Keywords
2019-nCoV; Darunavir; ACE-2; Receptor Binding Domain; Metastable Conformation; FDA database
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases
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