Targeting Novel Coronavirus 2019: A Systematic Drug Repurposing Approach to Identify Promising Inhibitors Against 3C-like Proteinase and 2'-O-Ribose Methyltransferase
Preprint submitted on 23.02.2020, 18:36 and posted on 25.02.2020, 13:50 by Rameez Jabeer Khan Rajat Jha Gizachew Muluneh Amera Monika Jain Ekampreet Singh Amita Pathak Rashmi Prabha Singh Jayaraman Muthukumaran Amit Singh
The recent pandemic associated with 2019-nCoV, a virus of the Coronaviridae family, has resulted in an unprecedented number of infected people. The highly contagious nature of this virus makes it imperative for us to identify potential inhibitors from pre-existing antiviral drugs. Two druggable targets, namely 3C-like proteinase (3CLpro) and 2'-O-ribose methyltransferase (2'-O-MTase) were selected in this study due to their indispensable nature in the viral life cycle. 3CLpro is a cysteine protease responsible for the proteolysis of replicase polyproteins resulting in the formation of various functional proteins, whereas 2'-O-MTase methylates the ribose 2'-O position of the first and second nucleotide of viral mRNA, which sequesters it from the host immune system.
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