In Silico Pesticide Discovery for New Anti-Tobacco Mosaic Virus Agents: Reactivity, Molecular Docking, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Author:

Abdulhassan Hala A.ORCID,Saleh Basil A.ORCID,Harkati DalalORCID,Khelfaoui HadjerORCID,Hewitt Natalie L.,El-Hiti Gamal A.ORCID

Abstract

Considerable data are available regarding the molecular genetics of the tobacco mosaic virus. The disease caused by the tobacco mosaic virus is still out of control due to the lack of an efficient functional antagonist chemical molecule. Extensive research was carried out to try to find effective new anti-tobacco mosaic virus agents, however no study could find an effective agent which could completely inhibit the disease caused by the virus. In recent years, molecular docking, combined with molecular dynamics, which is considered to be one of the most important methods of drug discovery and design, were used to evaluate the type of binding between the ligand and its protein enzyme. The aim of the current work was to assess the in silico anti-tobacco mosaic virus activity for a selection of 41 new and 2 reference standard compounds. These compounds were chosen to examine their reactivity and binding efficiency with the tobacco mosaic virus coat protein (PDB ID: 2OM3). A comparison was made between the activity of the selected compounds and that for ningnanmycin and ribavirin, which are common inhibitors of plant viruses. The simulation results obtained from the molecular docking and molecular dynamics showed that two compounds of the antofine analogues could bind with the tobacco mosaic virus coat protein receptor better than ningnanmycin and ribavirin.

Funder

King Saud University

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science

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