Structural Insights and Inhibitor Discovery for Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus NS5 Methyltransferase
Verma, P.; Kayastha, A.; Dhaka, P.; Bhutkar, M.; Kumar, P.; Tomar, S.
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Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus (KFDV) NS5 methyltransferase (MTase) protein is the essential enzyme that is involved in the cap methylation of viral RNA, viral replication, and immune evasion, and therefore it is an important protein of interest for antiviral research and drug design. In the present work, we successfully resolved the three-dimensional crystal structures of KFDV NS5 MTase co-crystallised with SAH and GTP at resolutions of 2.2 [A] and 2.6 [A], respectively. In previous studies, HC (Herbacetin) and CAPE (Caffeic acid phenethyl ester) have shown inhibitory activity against SAM-dependent viral MTase. To evaluate the inhibitory potential of HC and CAPE against KFDV NS5 MTase, we have performed isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and tryptophan fluorescence spectroscopy (TFS) to validate protein interaction with target compounds. MTase inhibition assay was performed using capillary electrophoresis (CE) assays. Additionally, fluorescence polarisation (FP) confirmed RNA binding inhibition by CAPE and HC. Together, these experiments suggest that HC and CAPE are promising inhibitors against KFDV NS5 MTase and could potentially act as lead compounds to design broad-spectrum anti-Orthoflavivirus drugs.
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