IDENTIFYING PROPOLIS COMPOUNDS POTENTIAL TO BE COVID-19 THERAPIES BY TARGETING SARS-COV-2 MAIN PROTEASE

LIA KUSUMA DEWI; MUHAMAD SAHLAN; DIAH KARTIKA PRATAMI; ALI AGUS; AGUSSALIM; ARDO SABIR

doi:10.22159/ijap.2021.v13s2.20

Authors

LIA KUSUMA DEWI Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, 16424, Depok, West Java, Indonesia
MUHAMAD SAHLAN Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, 16424, Depok, West Java, Indonesia, Research Center for Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, 16424, Depok, West Java, Indonesia
DIAH KARTIKA PRATAMI Lab of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pancasila University, 12640, Jakarta, Indonesia
ALI AGUS Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
AGUSSALIM Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
ARDO SABIR Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University, Makasar, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ijap.2021.v13s2.20

Keywords:

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 main protease, Propolis compounds, Molecular Docking, Binding affinity

Abstract

Objective: The study aims to perform molecular docking to examine the interaction between propolis compound and SARS-CoV-2 main protease.

Methods: The protein target of this research was the crystal structure of SARS-CoV-2 main protease in complex with an inhibitor N3 (PDB ID: 6LU7). The ligand of this research was the bioactive compounds from Propolis of Tetragonula aff. biroi.

Results: The results showed that propolis compound which has the potential to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 protease activity was Sulabiroins A (binding affinity-8.1 kcal/mol), following by (2S)-5,7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxy-8-prenylflavanone acid and broussoflavonol F (binding affinity-7.9 kcal/mol) with binding similarity more than 50% compared to N3-main protease interaction.

Conclusion: Molecular docking showed propolis compounds of Tetragonula aff. biroi potential to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 main protease activity. The highest binding affinity presented by Sulabiroins A, following by (2S)-5,7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxy-8-prenylflavanone acid and broussoflavonol F, with values of-8.1 kcal/mol,-7.9 kcal/mol, and-7.9 kcal/mol, respectively, with binding similarity more than 50% compared to N3 and SARS-CoV-2 main protease interaction.

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