DFT, molecular docking and ADME prediction of tenofovir drug as a promising therapeutic inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro.

In the present work, at first, DFT calculations were carried out to study the molecular structure of the tenofovir at B3LYP/MidiX level of theory and in the water as solvent. The HOMO/LUMO molecular orbitals, excitation energies and oscillator strengths of investigated drug were also calculated and presented. NBO analysis was performed to illustrate the intramolecular rehybridization and electron density delocalization. In the following, a molecular docking study was performed for screening of effective available tenofovir drug which may act as an efficient inhibitor for the SARS-CoV-2 M^pro. The binding energy value showed a good binding affinity between the tenofovir and SARS-CoV-2 M^pro with binding energy of-47.206 kcal/mol. Therefore, tenofovir can be used for possible application against the SARS-CoV-2 M^pro. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]