Full Electronic Structure Calculation of Quantum Mechanics in Binding
Site of Protease 6LU7
Abstract
Here we report the binding site (We call it as drug target) of the
COVID-19 main protease 3CLpro 6LU7 using Full Electronic Structure
Calculation of Quantum Mechanics. The protease 6LU7 has 18038 elecrons ,
we need to calculate its wave funciton (it is called the molecular
orbitor in the chemistry field) and energy level for this huge elecronic
system. Then according to three rules to obtain the exact active pocket,
active resudes, even active atoms of 6LU7. Finally put active pocket and
all candidate small-molecule drugs or peptides group into an artificial
intelligence deep learning 3D-CNN program to calculate the binding
affinity. The result is that the pocket3 with three active atoms CE3,
CZ3 and CH2 of 6LU7 is real design target for small-molecule drugs and
the drug Tipranavir is located on the first position with binding
affinity about 5.4. Our calculations show that the binding affinity of
Remdesivir with 3CLpro 6LU7 is very small, less than 0.5. This just
shows that Remdevivir (GS-5734) is the first channel. Because Remdesivir
is not a nucleotide analog, it is a prodrug of nucleotide analogs, it
has many protective groups around it. When the drug enters the body,
these atomic groups will act as enzymes in the cell It is broken down,
leaving the active drug and though the drug N3 company with 6LU7, but
its binding affinity is only about 4.2, so it could not be a real drug
for 6LU7. The quantum mechanics calculation give out such accurate drug
target. We have to take up pocket 3 to design inhibitor drug. The drug
screening is only the first step in the long and costly pharmaceutical
process, but we prove that it can be completely calculation by quantum
mechanics. Hopefully, this method can provide an effective and rapid
screening method for finding new coronavirus drugs.