Ancy Iruthayaraj

Mrs. Ancy Iruthayaraj


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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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25 September 2024 in Journal of Molecular Recognition
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AIAncy Iruthayaraj
Ancy Iruthayaraj
SPSakayanathan Penislusshiyan
Sakayanathan Penislusshiyan
FAFuad Ameen
Fuad Ameen
LCLoganathan Chitra
Loganathan Chitra

27 December 2025 in Computational Biology and Chemistry
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BNBinjawhar Dalal Nasser
Binjawhar Dalal Nasser
CLChitra Loganathan
Chitra Loganathan
RRRevathi Ramalingam
Revathi Ramalingam
AIAncy Iruthayaraj
Ancy Iruthayaraj

28 April 2020 in ChemRxiv
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Ancy Iruthayaraj
SMSivanandam Magudeeswaran
Sivanandam Magudeeswaran
KPKumaradhas Poomani
Kumaradhas Poomani
Initially, the SARS-CoV-2 virus was emerged from Wuhan, China and rapidly spreading across the world and urges the scientific community to develop antiviral therapeutic agents. Among several strategies, drug repurposing will help to react immediately to overcome COVID-19 pandemic. In the present study, we have chosen two clinical trial drugs TMB607 and TMC310911 are the inhibitors of HIV-1 protease to use as the inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) enzyme. To make use of these two inhibitors as the repurposed drugs for COVID-19, it is essential to know the molecular basis of binding mechanism of these two molecules with the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro). Understand the binding mechanism; we performed the molecular docking, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and binding free energy calculations against the SARS-CoV-2 Mpro. The docking results indicate that both molecules form intermolecular interactions with the active site amino acids of Mpro enzyme. However, during the MD simulations, TMB607 forms strong interactions with the key amino acids of Mpro and remains intact. The RMSD and RMSF values of both complexes were stable throughout the MD simulations. The MM-GBSA binding free energy values of both complexes are -43.7 and -34.9 kcal/mol, respectively. This in silico study proves that the TMB607 molecule binds strongly with the SARS-CoV-2 Mpro enzyme and it is suitable for the drug repurposing of COVID-19 and further drug designing.