Abstract
In different RNA viruses, the nucleocapsid protein N (N protein) plays an important functional role by enwrapping the viral genomic RNA in an RNase-resistant form. Targeting this essential protein is one of the best methods to find novel Chandipura virus (CHPV) inhibitors. The model of N protein of CHPV showed that this protein bears an alpha helical type topology. Computational characterization of N protein of CHPV exhibited that it bears DNA/ RNA binding region. Among all of the computationally screened compounds by GOLD, Flex X and ligandfit (DSv2.5) programs, antiviral compounds such as nelfinavir, acyclovir, azidothymidine are having very high binding affinity towards N protein of CHPV.
Keywords: Nucleocapsid protein N, Chandipura Virus, AES, Acyclovir, Alpha helical type topology, Dock score.
Letters in Drug Design & Discovery
Title:Molecular Modeling and Ligand-Protein Interaction of N-Protein of Chandipura Virus
Volume: 11 Issue: 2
Author(s): Ganesh Chandra Sahoo, Md. Yousuf Ansari, Sindhuprava Rana, Manas Ranjan Dikhit, Roshan Kamal Topno, Krishna Pandey and Pradeep Das
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Keywords: Nucleocapsid protein N, Chandipura Virus, AES, Acyclovir, Alpha helical type topology, Dock score.
Abstract: In different RNA viruses, the nucleocapsid protein N (N protein) plays an important functional role by enwrapping the viral genomic RNA in an RNase-resistant form. Targeting this essential protein is one of the best methods to find novel Chandipura virus (CHPV) inhibitors. The model of N protein of CHPV showed that this protein bears an alpha helical type topology. Computational characterization of N protein of CHPV exhibited that it bears DNA/ RNA binding region. Among all of the computationally screened compounds by GOLD, Flex X and ligandfit (DSv2.5) programs, antiviral compounds such as nelfinavir, acyclovir, azidothymidine are having very high binding affinity towards N protein of CHPV.
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Chandra Sahoo Ganesh, Yousuf Ansari Md., Rana Sindhuprava, Ranjan Dikhit Manas, Kamal Topno Roshan, Pandey Krishna and Das Pradeep, Molecular Modeling and Ligand-Protein Interaction of N-Protein of Chandipura Virus, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery 2014; 11 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/15701808113109990070
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/15701808113109990070 |
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