In silico antiviral properties of Spirulina platensis phycobiliprotein and phycobilin as natural inhibitor for SARS-CoV-2
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The observed increase in protein content may be attributed to modulation of photosynthetic pigment expression, particularly phycobiliproteins, which optimize light capture and energy transfer.
“Furthermore, the observed increase in protein content may also be attributed to the modulation of photosynthetic pigment expression, particularly phycobiliproteins. These pigment-protein complexes serve as crucial light-harvesting antennae, optimizing light capture efficiency and facilitating energy transfer to the photosynthetic reaction centers (Munawaroh et al”
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- Authors
- Munawaroh, H. S. H., Gumilar, G. G., Pratiwi, R. N., Khoiriah, S. F., Ningrum, A., Martha, L., Chew, K. W., & Show, P.-L.
- Affiliations
- Indonesia University of Education (ID)
- Universitas Gadjah Mada (ID)
- Takasaki University of Health and Welfare (JP)
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Khalifa University of Science and Technology (AE)
- Corresponding author
- Munawaroh, Heli Siti Halimatul
- Chew, Kit Wayne
- ORCID
- Venue
- Algal Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2024-04
- Volume
- 79
- Pages
- 103468
- ISSN
- 2211-9264 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4392638455
- Cited by
- 9
- References
- 73
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2
- FWCI
- 1.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Algal Research (publishedVersion)
- DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Kementerian Riset Teknologi dan Pendidikan Tinggi Republik Indonesia
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds
- Keywords
- Spirulina platensis, phycobiliproteins, phycobilins, phycoerythrobilin, phycocyanobilin, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 antiviral drugs, main protease (Mpro), receptor binding domain, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, molecular docking, ADME prediction, drug-likeness, cyanobacterial natural products
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