Inhibitor design for TMPRSS2: insights from computational analysis of its backbone hydrogen bonds using a simple descriptor.

Hydrogen bond wrapping Molecular descriptor Protease inhibitors SARS-CoV-2 TMPRSS2

Journal

European biophysics journal : EBJ
ISSN: 1432-1017
Titre abrégé: Eur Biophys J
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8409413

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Date de publication:
29 Dec 2023
Historique:
received: 05 09 2023
accepted: 07 12 2023
revised: 04 12 2023
medline: 2 1 2024
pubmed: 2 1 2024
entrez: 29 12 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2) is an important drug target due to its role in the infection mechanism of coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2. Current understanding regarding the molecular mechanisms of known inhibitors and insights required for inhibitor design are limited. This study investigates the effect of inhibitor binding on the intramolecular backbone hydrogen bonds (BHBs) of TMPRSS2 using the concept of hydrogen bond wrapping, which is the phenomenon of stabilization of a hydrogen bond in a solvent environment as a result of being surrounded by non-polar groups. A molecular descriptor which quantifies the extent of wrapping around BHBs is introduced for this. First, virtual screening for TMPRSS2 inhibitors is performed by molecular docking using the program DOCK 6 with a Generalized Born surface area (GBSA) scoring function. The docking results are then analyzed using this descriptor and its relationship to the solvent-accessible surface area term ΔG

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pubmed: 38157015
doi: 10.1007/s00249-023-01695-4
pii: 10.1007/s00249-023-01695-4
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Journal Article

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eng

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© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Suraj Ugrani (S)

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA. sugrani@purdue.edu.

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