TY - GEN T1 - In silico studies on N- (Pyridin-2-yl) Thiobenzamides as NNRTIs against wild and mutant HIV-1 strains A1 - Singh, Anuradha A1 - Singh, Vishal Kumar A1 - Verma,Rajesh A1 - Singh, Ramendra K. LA - English YR - 2018 UL - https://tuklas.up.edu.ph/Record/UP-1685594773862388480 AB - In the present study, keeping the Lipinskiâ??s Rule of Five in focus, a series of new 4-(4-benzenesulfonylamino)-N-(5-substituted-pyridin-2-yl)-thiobenzamides bearing different substituents at the C-4 position of benzenesulfonylamino ring have been designed as NNRTIs of wild-type (WT) and mutant HIV-1 strains. Molecules having drug-like character were further docked into the active domain of wild-type (WT) RT/1 with entry code (PDB: ID 3mec) and K103N/TYR181 mutant RT/2 complex (PDB: ID 3BGR) using Discovery Studio 2.5 software. Analysis of the docking results revealed that all molecules formed hydrogen bonds with active amino acids (Lys101, Lys103, Tyr181, and Tyr318) and exhibited Ï?-stacking interactions with Tyr181, Tyr188, Phe227, and Trp229 present in the NNIBP with both WT and mutant HIV-1 RT. The designed ligands adopted â??horseshoe/seahorseâ?? conformation inside the NNIBP like other second generation NNRTIs and formed more stable complexes (total interaction energy found in the range of (-) 54 - (-) 77 kcal/mol) with HIV-1 RT in comparison to etravirine and rilpivirine (-)61.43 and (-)50.23 Kcal/mol, respectively. Consequently, lower EC50 values were predicted for N- (Pyridin-2-yl) derivatives. Structure-activity relationships (SARs) are discussed in terms of a possible interaction with the RT binding site, depending on the nature of the substituent at ring A and ring C. CN - ARTICLE-2675 KW - Chemistry. KW - Lipinski?s rule of five. KW - Hiv-1 reverse transcription. KW - Structure-activity relationships (sars). ER -