Identification of potential inhibitors of SARS-COV-2 endoribonuclease (EndoU) from FDA approved drugs: a drug repurposing approach to find therapeutics for COVID …

A Chandra, V Gurjar, I Qamar… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
SARS-CoV-2 is causative agent of COVID-19, which is responsible for severe social and
economic disruption globally. Lack of vaccine or antiviral drug with clinical efficacy …

The significance of persisters in tuberculosis drug discovery: Exploring the potential of targeting the glyoxylate shunt pathway

A Negi, R Sharma - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
The significant challenge in confronting TB eradication is the discursive treatment that
results in the disease reactivation, patient non compliance and drug resistance. The …

Transcriptomic analysis reveals key genes regulating organic acid synthesis and accumulation in the pulp of Litchi chinensis Sonn. cv. Feizixiao

L Hai-zhi, L Xiao-kai, D Jing-jia, P Jun-jie… - Scientia Horticulturae, 2022 - Elsevier
To investigate the gene expression characteristics and patterns of organic acid synthesis
and accumulation in the pulp of Litchi chinensis Sonn. cv. Feizixiao (FZX), 16-year-old …

Moonlighting proteins: beacon of hope in era of drug resistance in bacteria

P Yadav, R Singh, S Sur, S Bansal… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Moonlighting proteins (MLPs) are ubiquitous and provide a unique advantage to bacteria
performing multiple functions using the same genomic content. Targeting MLPs can be …

Bacterial protein azurin and derived peptides as potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents: insights from molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations

S Sasidharan, C Selvaraj, SK Singh… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The current pandemic SARS-CoV-2 has wreaked havoc in the world, and neither drugs nor
vaccine is available for the treatment of this disease. Thus, there is an immediate need for …

Mechanistic insights on nsSNPs on binding site of renin and cytochrome P450 proteins: A computational perceptual study for pharmacogenomics evaluation

L Loganathan, BB Kuriakose, S Mushfiq… - Journal of Cellular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Past several decades, therapeutic investigations lead to the discovery of numerous
antihypertensive drugs. Although it has been proved for their potency, altered efficacy is …

Identification of small molecules against the NMDAR: an insight from virtual screening, density functional theory, free energy landscape and molecular dynamics …

G Sharma, R Shukla, TR Singh - Network Modeling Analysis in Health …, 2022 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic intensifying neurodegenerative disorder and accounts
for three fourths of dementia cases. To date, there is no effective treatment available which …

Molecular Dynamics Simulation to Study Protein Conformation and Ligand Interaction

S Sasidharan, V Gosu, T Tripathi… - Protein Folding Dynamics …, 2023 - Springer
The field of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations has become indispensable today to
studying the conformational flexibility and dynamics of proteins as well as protein–ligand …

Role of structural biology methods in drug discovery

F Nasim, IA Qureshi - Advances in Protein Molecular and Structural Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The modern-age drug discovery revolves around the use of multiple high-resolution
structural biology methods. Over the years, these methods led to the genesis of some of the …

Itaconate: an antimicrobial metabolite of macrophages

D Duncan, K Auclair - Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Itaconate is a conjugated 1, 4-dicarboxylate produced by macrophages. This small molecule
has recently received increasing attention due to its role in modulating the immune response …