Docking and QSAR of aminothioureas at the SARS-CoV-2 S-Protein-Human ACE2 receptor interface

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Abstract

Docking of over 160 aminothiourea derivatives at the SARS-CoV-2 S-protein-human ACE2 receptor interface, whose structure became available recently, has been evaluated for its complex stabilizing potency and subsequently subjected to quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) analysis. The structural variety of the studied compounds, that include 3 different forms of the N-N-C(S)-N skeleton and combinations of 13 different substituents alongside the extensive length of the interface, resulted in the failure of the QSAR analysis, since different molecules were binding to different parts of the interface. Subsequently, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) analysis on all studied compounds, followed by a toxicity analysis using statistical models for selected compounds, was carried out to evaluate their potential use as lead compounds for drug design. Combined, these studies highlighted two molecules among the studied compounds, i.e., 5-(pyrrol-2-yl)-2-(2-methoxyphenylamino)-1,3,4-thiadiazole and 1-(cyclopentanoyl)-4-(3-iodophenyl)-thiosemicarbazide, as the best candidates for the development of future drugs.

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Płonka, W., Paneth, A., & Paneth, P. (2020). Docking and QSAR of aminothioureas at the SARS-CoV-2 S-Protein-Human ACE2 receptor interface. Molecules, 25(20). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25204645

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