Inhibitory effect of thymoquinone from Nigella sativa against SARS-CoV-2 main protease. An in-silico study
M T Khan, A Ali, X Wei, T Nadeem, S Muhammad, A G Al-Sehemi, Dongqing Wei
Brazilian Journal of Biology, doi:10.1590/1519-6984.25066
Nigella sativa is known for the safety profile, containing a wealth of useful antiviral compounds. The main protease (Mpro, 3CLpro) of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is being considered as one of the most attractive viral target, processing the polyproteins during viral pathogenesis and replication. In the current investigation we analyzed the potency of active component, thymoquinone (TQ) of Nigella sativa against SARS-CoV-2 Mpro. The structures of TQ and Mpro was retrieved from PubChem (CID10281) and Protein Data Bank (PDB ID 6MO3) respectively. The Mpro and TQ were docked and the complex was subjected to molecular dynamic (MD) simulations for a period 50ns. Protein folding effect was analyzed using radius of gyration (Rg) while stability and flexibility was measured, using root means square deviations (RMSD) and root means square fluctuation (RMSF) respectively. The simulation results shows that TQ is exhibiting good binding activity against SARS-CoV-2 Mpro, interacting many residues, present in the active site (His41, Cys145) and also the Glu166, facilitating the pocket shape. Further, experimental approaches are needed to validate the role of TQ against virus infection. The TQ is interfering with pocket maintaining residues as well as active site of virus Mpro which may be used as a potential inhibitor against SARS-CoV-2 for better management of COVID-19.
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'syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is being considered as one of the most attractive viral target, '
'processing the polyproteins during viral pathogenesis and replication. In the current '
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'sativa against SARS-CoV-2 Mpro. The structures of TQ and Mpro was retrieved from PubChem '
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'the complex was subjected to molecular dynamic (MD) simulations for a period 50ns. Protein '
'folding effect was analyzed using radius of gyration (Rg) while stability and flexibility was '
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'potential inhibitor against SARS-CoV-2 for better management of COVID-19.</jats:p>',
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