Identification of core therapeutic targets for Monkeypox virus and repurposing potential of drugs: A WEB prediction approach.

A new round of monkeypox virus has emerged in the United Kingdom since July 2022 and rapidly swept the world. Currently, despite numerous research groups are studying this virus and seeking effective treatments, the information on the open reading frame, inhibitors, and potential targets of monkeypo...

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Main Authors: Huaichuan Duan, Quanshan Shi, Xinru Yue, Zelan Zhang, Ling Liu, Yueteng Wang, Yujie Cao, Zuoxin Ou, Li Liang, Jianping Hu, Hubing Shi
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303501
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author Huaichuan Duan
Quanshan Shi
Xinru Yue
Zelan Zhang
Ling Liu
Yueteng Wang
Yujie Cao
Zuoxin Ou
Li Liang
Jianping Hu
Hubing Shi
author_facet Huaichuan Duan
Quanshan Shi
Xinru Yue
Zelan Zhang
Ling Liu
Yueteng Wang
Yujie Cao
Zuoxin Ou
Li Liang
Jianping Hu
Hubing Shi
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description A new round of monkeypox virus has emerged in the United Kingdom since July 2022 and rapidly swept the world. Currently, despite numerous research groups are studying this virus and seeking effective treatments, the information on the open reading frame, inhibitors, and potential targets of monkeypox has not been updated in time, and the comprehension of monkeypox target ligand interactions remains a key challenge. Here, we first summarized and improved the open reading frame information of monkeypox, constructed the monkeypox inhibitor library and potential targets library by database research as well as literature search, combined with advanced protein modeling technologies (Sequence-based and AI algorithms-based homology modeling). In addition, we build monkeypox virus Docking Server, a web server to predict the binding mode between targets and substrate. The open reading frame information, monkeypox inhibitor library, and monkeypox potential targets library are used as the initial files for server docking, providing free interactive tools for predicting ligand interactions of monkeypox targets, potential drug screening, and potential targets search. In addition, the update of the three databases can also effectively promote the study of monkeypox drug inhibition mechanism and provide theoretical guidance for the development of drugs for monkeypox.
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spelling doaj-art-1c42e26c37eb45bdbebd8bc70a9c10a72025-08-20T01:59:18ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-011912e030350110.1371/journal.pone.0303501Identification of core therapeutic targets for Monkeypox virus and repurposing potential of drugs: A WEB prediction approach.Huaichuan DuanQuanshan ShiXinru YueZelan ZhangLing LiuYueteng WangYujie CaoZuoxin OuLi LiangJianping HuHubing ShiA new round of monkeypox virus has emerged in the United Kingdom since July 2022 and rapidly swept the world. Currently, despite numerous research groups are studying this virus and seeking effective treatments, the information on the open reading frame, inhibitors, and potential targets of monkeypox has not been updated in time, and the comprehension of monkeypox target ligand interactions remains a key challenge. Here, we first summarized and improved the open reading frame information of monkeypox, constructed the monkeypox inhibitor library and potential targets library by database research as well as literature search, combined with advanced protein modeling technologies (Sequence-based and AI algorithms-based homology modeling). In addition, we build monkeypox virus Docking Server, a web server to predict the binding mode between targets and substrate. The open reading frame information, monkeypox inhibitor library, and monkeypox potential targets library are used as the initial files for server docking, providing free interactive tools for predicting ligand interactions of monkeypox targets, potential drug screening, and potential targets search. In addition, the update of the three databases can also effectively promote the study of monkeypox drug inhibition mechanism and provide theoretical guidance for the development of drugs for monkeypox.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303501
spellingShingle Huaichuan Duan
Quanshan Shi
Xinru Yue
Zelan Zhang
Ling Liu
Yueteng Wang
Yujie Cao
Zuoxin Ou
Li Liang
Jianping Hu
Hubing Shi
Identification of core therapeutic targets for Monkeypox virus and repurposing potential of drugs: A WEB prediction approach.
PLoS ONE
title Identification of core therapeutic targets for Monkeypox virus and repurposing potential of drugs: A WEB prediction approach.
title_full Identification of core therapeutic targets for Monkeypox virus and repurposing potential of drugs: A WEB prediction approach.
title_fullStr Identification of core therapeutic targets for Monkeypox virus and repurposing potential of drugs: A WEB prediction approach.
title_full_unstemmed Identification of core therapeutic targets for Monkeypox virus and repurposing potential of drugs: A WEB prediction approach.
title_short Identification of core therapeutic targets for Monkeypox virus and repurposing potential of drugs: A WEB prediction approach.
title_sort identification of core therapeutic targets for monkeypox virus and repurposing potential of drugs a web prediction approach
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303501
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