The papain-like protease (PLpro), a cysteine protease found in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), plays a crucial role in viral replication by cleaving the viral polyproteins and interfering with the host's innate immune re...
The global pandemic, due to the emergence of COVID-19, has created a public health crisis. It has a huge morbidity rate that was never comprehended in the recent decades. Despite numerous efforts, potent antiviral drugs are lacking. Repurposing of dr...
International journal of biological macromolecules
Apr 10, 2025
While star drugs like Paxlovid have shown remarkable performance in combating SARS-CoV-2, we still face serious challenges such as viral mutants and resistance. In this study, we employ a computational framework combining molecular dynamics (MD) simu...
International journal of molecular sciences
Mar 26, 2025
In this study, we utilized machine learning techniques to identify potential inhibitors of the MERS-CoV 3CL protease. Among the models evaluated, the Random Forest (RF) algorithm exhibited the highest predictive performance, achieving an accuracy of ...
The global impact of SARS-CoV-2 has highlighted the urgent need for novel antiviral therapies. This study integrates combinatorial chemistry, molecular docking, and deep learning to design, evaluate and synthesize new pyrazole derivatives as potentia...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Jan 16, 2025
The global impact of SARS-CoV-2 highlights the need for treatments beyond vaccination, given the limited availability of effective medications. While Pfizer introduced , an FDA-approved antiviral targeting the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro), this st...
Fluorine (F) substitution is a common method of drug discovery and development. However, there are no accurate approaches available for predicting the bioactivity changes after F-substitution, as the effect of substitution on the interactions between...
Deep learning-based generative adversarial network (GAN) frameworks have recently been developed to expedite the drug discovery process. These models generate novel molecules from scratch and validate them through molecular docking simulation to iden...
IEEE/ACM transactions on computational biology and bioinformatics
Oct 9, 2024
COVID-19, caused by the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus, is distinguished by its positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genome. A thorough understanding of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis is crucial for halting its proliferation. Notably, the 3C-like proteas...
Natural language-based generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become increasingly prevalent in scientific research. Intriguingly, capabilities of generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) language models beyond the scope of natural language tasks...
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