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Ribosomal Proteins Homologies and Methylation of Mitoribosome by Corona Virus Nsp9, Nsp10 and Previously Described Nsp13-16 Proteins Suggested Their Roles in the Inhibition of Host Protein Synthesis: Discovery of New Therapeutic Targets against Corona Virus Infections
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: Received: 10 May 2020 / Approved: 10 May 2020 / Online: 10 May 2020 (18:14:55 CEST)
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Chakraborty, A.K. Ribosomal Proteins Homologies and Methylation of Mitoribosome by Corona Virus Nsp9, Nsp10 and Previously Described Nsp13-16 Proteins Suggested Their Roles in the Inhibition of Host Protein Synthesis: Discovery of New Therapeutic Targets against Corona Virus Infections. Preprints2020, 2020050182. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202005.0182.v1
Chakraborty, A.K. Ribosomal Proteins Homologies and Methylation of Mitoribosome by Corona Virus Nsp9, Nsp10 and Previously Described Nsp13-16 Proteins Suggested Their Roles in the Inhibition of Host Protein Synthesis: Discovery of New Therapeutic Targets against Corona Virus Infections . Preprints 2020, 2020050182. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202005.0182.v1
Chakraborty, A.K. Ribosomal Proteins Homologies and Methylation of Mitoribosome by Corona Virus Nsp9, Nsp10 and Previously Described Nsp13-16 Proteins Suggested Their Roles in the Inhibition of Host Protein Synthesis: Discovery of New Therapeutic Targets against Corona Virus Infections. Preprints2020, 2020050182. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202005.0182.v1
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Chakraborty, A.K. (2020). Ribosomal Proteins Homologies and Methylation of Mitoribosome by Corona Virus Nsp9, Nsp10 and Previously Described Nsp13-16 Proteins Suggested Their Roles in the Inhibition of Host Protein Synthesis: Discovery of New Therapeutic Targets against Corona Virus Infections<strong> </strong>. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202005.0182.v1
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Chakraborty, A.K. 2020 "Ribosomal Proteins Homologies and Methylation of Mitoribosome by Corona Virus Nsp9, Nsp10 and Previously Described Nsp13-16 Proteins Suggested Their Roles in the Inhibition of Host Protein Synthesis: Discovery of New Therapeutic Targets against Corona Virus Infections<strong> </strong>" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202005.0182.v1
Abstract
Multi-Alignment method coupled with phylogenetic analysis we disclosed the Nsp9 and Nsp10 non-structural proteins of Corona Virus as rRNA RlmH/K methyltransferases with similarities with bin recombinase and int-core integrase fold. Further, Nsp9 has similarities to S8 ribosomal protein and Nap10 has similarity to S10 ribosomal protein. Previously, we showed Nsp13, Nsp14, Nsp15 and Nsp16 are also different types of rRNA RlmE/N and Cfr-like methyltransferases-ribonuclease with RNA helicase domains. Two domains of Nsp13 astonishingly have similarities to ribosomal proteins L6 and L9. Taken together, Nsp9/10 and Nsp13-16 proteins could mimic host ribosome assembly and also could methylate rRNA of mitobibosome preventing mitochondrial protein synthesis and oxidative phosphorylation. Low ATP synthesis causes lowering blood pressure following coma but very ATP concentration (1-10nM) surely induces platelets aggregation through vWA, collagen and GpIIb/IIIa proteins followed by fibrin formation and blood clotting as recently have seen in the lung of many Corona virus infected patients. We have also postulated that two polyproteins itself resemble like 28S and 38S mitoribosome subunits and compete with rRNAs inhibiting the ribosome turnover and new protein synthesis due to their similarities with many ribosomal proteins. Such finding may be valuable in computer-based novel drug design against Corona virus.
Coronavirus Nsp proteins; ribosomal proteins homology; inhibition of ribosome turn over; rRNA methyltransferase; protein synthesis inhibition; low ATP formation; blood clotting; low blood pressure and coma
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Virology
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