Applications of density functional theory in COVID-19 drug modeling

N Ye, Z Yang, Y Liu - Drug discovery today, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapidly evolving Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to millions of deaths
around the world, highlighting the pressing need to develop effective antiviral …

Electrophilic warheads in covalent drug discovery: An overview

N Péczka, Z Orgován, P Ábrányi-Balogh… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Covalent drugs have been used for more than hundred years, but gathered
larger interest in the last two decades. There are currently over a 100 different electrophilic …

Benchmarking the ability of common docking programs to correctly reproduce and score binding modes in SARS-CoV-2 protease Mpro

S Zev, K Raz, R Schwartz, R Tarabeh… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 main protease, Mpro, is conserved among coronaviruses with
no human homolog and has therefore attracted significant attention as an enzyme drug …

Methodology-centered review of molecular modeling, simulation, and prediction of SARS-CoV-2

K Gao, R Wang, J Chen, L Cheng, J Frishcosy… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Despite tremendous efforts in the past two years, our understanding of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), virus–host interactions, immune …

Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with host cells and antibodies: experiment and simulation

H Nguyen, HL Nguyen, PD Lan, NQ Thai… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of
the devastating global COVID-19 pandemic announced by WHO in March 2020. Through …

Synthesis, characterization, and DFT calculations of a new sulfamethoxazole schiff base and its metal complexes

JI Al-Hawarin, AA Abu-Yamin, AAAA Abu-Saleh… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
A new Schiff base, 4-((1E, 2E)-3-(furan-2-yl) allylidene) amino)-N-(5-methylisoxazol-3-yl)
benzene-sulfonamide (L), was synthesized by thermal condensation of 3-(2-furyl) acrolein …

Binding mechanism of inhibitors to SARS-CoV-2 main protease deciphered by multiple replica molecular dynamics simulations

S Liang, X Liu, S Zhang, M Li, Q Zhang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The outbreak caused by SARS-CoV-2 has received extensive worldwide attention. As the
main protease (Mpro) in SARS-CoV-2 has no human homologues, it is feasible to reduce …

Diphenyl Diselenide and SARS-CoV-2: in silico Exploration of the Mechanisms of Inhibition of Main Protease (Mpro) and Papain-like Protease (PLpro)

FB Omage, A Madabeni, AR Tucci… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has prompted global efforts to develop therapeutics. The main
protease of SARS-CoV-2 (Mpro) and the papain-like protease (PLpro) are essential for viral …

The role of quantum chemistry in covalent inhibitor design

LM Mihalovits, GG Ferenczy… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The recent ascent of targeted covalent inhibitors (TCI) in drug discovery brings new
opportunities and challenges to quantum chemical reactivity calculations supporting …

Modeling the binding and conformational energetics of a targeted covalent inhibitor to Bruton's tyrosine kinase

E Awoonor-Williams, CN Rowley - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Targeted covalent inhibitors (TCIs) bind to their targets in both covalent and noncovalent
modes, providing exceptionally high affinity and selectivity. These inhibitors have been …