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<p>The pathogenic RNA virus that infects human beings contains the RNA helicase enzyme, responsible for the replication of the viral genome. The enzyme is used as a suitable target against which the drug molecule acts. Therefore, the identification and proposal the novel compounds that can be targeted toward the helicase enzymes to stop the functioning of the enzyme is desirable. Although many viral helicase inhibitor molecules have been identified, still yet no unique database is available for these compounds. This research work envisages developing a curated database of RNA helicase inhibitors. The database contains in total of 353 entries that are computationally predicted and experimentally verified RNA helicase inhibitors. The database contains information like compound name, chemical properties, chemical format, and name of the target virus to which it acts against it with a user-friendly menu-driven search engine. Presently, the database is freely available at: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://vhimdb.rsatpathy.in/">https://vhimdb.rsatpathy.in/</ext-link>. Further, in silico screening of the whole database by drug-likeness and toxicity resulted in 14 potential drug molecules. The selected molecules were analyzed for their effectiveness in binding by using molecular docking score and interaction with the helicase enzymes of three categories of pathogenic viruses (SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV).</p>
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The pathogenic RNA virus that infects human beings contains the RNA helicase enzyme, responsible for the replication of the viral genome. The enzyme is used as a suitable target against which the drug molecule acts. Therefore, the identification and proposal the novel compounds that can be targeted toward the helicase enzymes to stop the functioning of the enzyme is desirable. Although many viral helicase inhibitor molecules have been identified, still yet no unique database is available for these compounds. This research work envisages developing a curated database of RNA helicase inhibitors. The database contains in total of 353 entries that are computationally predicted and experimentally verified RNA helicase inhibitors. The database contains information like compound name, chemical properties, chemical format, and name of the target virus to which it acts against it with a user-friendly menu-driven search engine. Presently, the database is freely available at: https://vhimdb.rsatpathy.in/. Further, in silico screening of the whole database by drug-likeness and toxicity resulted in 14 potential drug molecules. The selected molecules were analyzed for their effectiveness in binding by using molecular docking score and interaction with the helicase enzymes of three categories of pathogenic viruses (SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV).

Development of a database of RNA helicase inhibitors (VHIMDB) of pathogenic viruses and in silico screening for the potential drug molecules

The EuroBiotech Journal

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The pathogenic RNA virus that infects human beings contains the RNA helicase enzyme, responsible for the replication of the viral genome. The enzyme is used as...

Development of a database of RNA helicase inhibitors (VHIMDB) of pathogenic viruses and in silico screening for the potential drug molecules

Publié en ligne: 18 juil. 2022

Pages: 116 - 125

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebtj-2022-0012

Mots clés
relational database, RNA helicase inhibitor, pathogenic virus, web development, molecular docking, interaction analysis, drug development

© 2022 R Satpathy et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Development of a database of RNA helicase inhibitors (VHIMDB) of pathogenic viruses and in silico screening for the potential drug molecules

Publié en ligne: 18 juil. 2022

Pages: 116 - 125

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebtj-2022-0012

Mots clésrelational database, RNA helicase inhibitor, pathogenic virus, web development, molecular docking, interaction analysis, drug development

© 2022 R Satpathy et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
relational database, RNA helicase inhibitor, pathogenic virus, web development, molecular docking, interaction analysis, drug development