Antitarget, anti-SARS-CoV-2 leads, drugs, and the drug discovery–genetics alliance perspective

C Pozzi, A Vanet, V Francesconi… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The most advanced antiviral molecules addressing major SARS-CoV-2 targets (Main
protease, Spike protein, and RNA polymerase), compared with proteins of other human …

Autodock vina adopts more accurate binding poses but autodock4 forms better binding affinity

NT Nguyen, TH Nguyen, TNH Pham… - Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The binding pose and affinity between a ligand and enzyme are very important pieces of
information for computer-aided drug design. In the initial stage of a drug discovery project …

Inhibition of viral membrane fusion by peptides and approaches to peptide design

N Düzgüneş, N Fernandez-Fuentes, K Konopka - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fusion of lipid-enveloped viruses with the cellular plasma membrane or the endosome
membrane is mediated by viral envelope proteins that undergo large conformational …

Molecular design of curcumin analogues with potent antioxidant properties and thermodynamic evaluation of their mechanism of free radical scavenge

IO Alisi, A Uzairu, SE Abechi - Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2020 - Springer
Background Free radical attack of cellular structures in the human system is the major cause
of various forms of degenerative diseases. Consequently, recent research has been focused …

MedChemExpress compounds prevent neuraminidase N1 via physics-and knowledge-based methods

QM Thai, TH Nguyen, HTT Phung, MQ Pham… - RSC …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Influenza A viruses spread out worldwide, causing several global concerns. Hence,
discovering neuraminidase inhibitors to prevent the influenza A virus is of great interest. In …

Computational prediction of the supramolecular self-assembling properties of organic molecules: the role of conformational flexibility of amide moieties

L Le Bras, YL Dory, B Champagne - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Two families of organic molecules with different backbones have been considered. The first
family is based on a macrolactam-like unit that is constrained in a particular conformation …

Peptide inhibitors of viral membrane fusion

N Düzgüneş, K Konopka - Medical Research Archives, 2020 - esmed.org
Lipid-enveloped viruses, including HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2, infect their host cells by fusion
either directly with the plasma membrane or with the endosome membrane following …

Antiviral Activity of a Cyclic Pro-Pro-β3-HoPhe-Phe Tetrapeptide against HSV-1 and HAdV-5

E Zaczyńska, K Kaczmarek, J Zabrocki, J Artym… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The core of Cyclolinopeptide A (CLA, cyclo (LIILVPPFF)), responsible for its high
immunosuppressive activity, contains a Pro-Pro-Phe-Phe sequence. A newly synthesized …

Discovering Neuraminidase Inhibitors via Computational and Experimental Studies

TH Nguyen, NQA Pham, QM Thai, VV Van, ST Ngo… - 2024 - chemrxiv.org
Influenza A viruses spread out worldwide causing several global concerns. Discovering
neuraminidase inhibitors to prevent the influenza A virus is thus of great interests. In this …

Grafting Methionine on 1F1 Ab Increases the Broad-Activity on HA Structural-Conserved Residues of H1, H2, and H3 Influenza a Viruses

HT Le, PC Do, L Le - Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
A high level of mutation enables the influenza A virus to resist antibiotics previously effective
against the influenza A virus. A portion of the structure of hemagglutinin HA is assumed to be …