Insilico prediction of anticancer cyanobacterial drug from Nostoc.

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to predict the anticancer drug from the members of the cyanobacteria. In silico molecular docking was carried out between the cyanobacterial drug, cryptophycin-F and different types of cancer target proteins. Molecular docking also helped to compare the commercial drug, cabazitaxel with cyanobacterial drug, cryptophycin-F. The energy values produced by the cryptophycin-F with various cancer receptor molecules were ranging from −259.14 to −330.01 while, cabazitaxel showed −228.18 to −385.32. From the above results, it is concluded that cabazitaxel and cryptophycin-F produced more or less similar docking energy with cancer receptor molecules. Therefore, cryptophycin-F, a cyanobacterial drug can be employed as an alternative drug for treating various cancers without any side effects. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]