Abstract
The search for pharmaceutical treatment for COVID-19 has been progressive. Currently approved medicines include therapeutic antibodies and antiviral drugs. However, the effectiveness of current antiviral drugs is far from satisfactory, which suggests the necessity for improvement. In this research, we selected the non-structural protein complex Nsp16-Nsp10, which is responsible for methylating SARS-CoV-2’s RNA, as a drug target. With computer-aided drug development technology, we screened two potential drugs either by inhibiting the SAM catalytic pocket on the complex or inhibiting the binding between Nsp16 and Nsp10 from preventing the Nsp16-Nsp10 complex helping SARS-CoV-2 duplicate, and that will work in COVID-19 treatment.
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