

MODELING THE BINDING OF PROTOPORPHYRIN IX, VERTEPORFIN, AND CHLORIN e6 TO SARS-CoV-2 PROTEINS

Abstract
In this work, we analyze the latest data on the molecular docking of a range of SARS-CoV-2 proteins to protoporphyrin IX, verteporfin, and chlorin e6, as well as consider the prospects for using chlorins and porphyrins as agents for photoinactivation of the SARS2 virus.
Keywords
chlorin e6; porphyrins; protoporphyrin IX; verteporfin; COVID-19; molecular docking; SARS-CoV-2.
Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis - Aizkraukles iela, 21, Riga, LV-1006, Latvia - hgs@osi.lv