Zeliang Chen

Zeliang Chen


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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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1 November 2020 in Acta Tropica
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DTDapeng Tao
Dapeng Tao
DSDaipeng Sun
Daipeng Sun
YLYiming Liu
Yiming Liu
SWShu Wei
Shu Wei
ZYZuofeng Yang
Zuofeng Yang
JLjinling liu
jinling liu

6 January 2023 in Molecules
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康偶康 偶
康 偶
YZYihan Zhang
Yihan Zhang
HZHuan Zhang
Huan Zhang
SFShouhua Feng
Shouhua Feng
ZCZeliang Chen
Zeliang Chen
The African Swine Fever virus (ASFV) causes an infectious viral disease in pigs of all ages. The development of antiviral drugs primarily aimed at inhibition of proteases required for the proteolysis of viral polyproteins. In this study, the conformation of the pS273R protease in physiological states were investigated, virtually screened the multi-protein conformation of pS273R target proteins, combined various molecular docking scoring functions, and identified five potential drugs from the Food and Drug Administration drug library that may inhibit pS273R. Subsequent validation of the dynamic interactions of pS273R with the five putative inhibitors was achieved using molecular dynamics simulations and binding free energy calculations using the molecular mechanics/Poison-Boltzmann (Generalized Born) (MM/PB(GB)SA) surface area. These findings demonstrate that the arm domain and Thr159-Lys167 loop region of pS273R are significantly more flexible compared to the core structural domain, and the Thr159-Lys167 loop region can serve as a “gatekeeper” in the substrate channel. Leucovorin, Carboprost, Protirelin, Flavin Mononucleotide, and Lovastatin Acid all have Gibbs binding free energies with pS273R that were less than −20 Kcal/mol according to the MM/PBSA analyses. In contrast to pS273R in the free energy landscape, the inhibitor and drug complexes of pS273R showed distinct structural group distributions. These five drugs may be used as potential inhibitors of pS273R and may serve as future drug candidates for treating ASFV.