Drug Designing: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2169-0138
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2169-0138
+44 1223 790975
Akshata R. Pahelkar, Pritam V. Bagwe, Khushboo Maurya, Nikhil R. Pahelkar, Shreerang V. Joshi and Vikas N. Telvekar*
Aim: The COVID-19 pandemic as declared by WHO, reported its first case in Wuhan, Hunei province, China. The infections have now been widespread and as of 30th March 2020, 6, 93,224 infection cases and 33,106 deaths have been reported worldwide. This is an international concern related to public health. Several research studies are being carried on around the world to amid the crises. Various treatment and prevention hypothesis regarding vaccine development, repurposing of drugs along with development of new chemical entities are under investigation. COVID-19 is a virus from the coronavirus family of viruses of beta genus. It has similarity with the SARS-CoV which was reported earlier. We plan to propose a scaffold for designing peptide derived specific inhibitor against COVID-19.
Methods: Our strategy involves designing a peptide inhibitor that will interact with RBM of the SARS-CoV-2 and inhibit its entry inside the cell. Computer Aided drug design is one of the tools available which can help in achieving productivity in less time span. We utilised online peptide designing platform called rosetta, Autodock Vena a computer aided drug designing software (Licensed to Mr. Nikhil Pahelkar) and Schrodinger’s Drug Discovery Suite (Licensed to ICT, Mumbai).
Result: We propose a peptide based on the sequence of human ACE2 which interacts strongly with RBM of the SARS-CoV-2. Interested readers can utilize the sequence for further modification of the peptide sequence to convert it into a peptidomimetic.
Published Date: 2020-11-30; Received Date: 2020-11-09