Benzimidazole and its derivatives are used in organic synthesis and vermicides or fungicides as they inhibit the action of certain microorganisms. The molecules to be analysed were aligned on an appropriate template, which is considered to be common substructure. The protein structure of PDB name along with their inhibitor was retrieved from RCSB Protein Data Bank (PDB entry code: 6T1O). The protein structure were subjected to energy minimization and charge calculation (AMBER7FF99), docking score of compounds on 6T1O PDB describe the ligand interaction. Virtual library of benzimidazoles derivatives to find lead structures to test against C. albicans. Twenty compounds were designed in which heterocyclic ring is substituted at NH group of Substituted ortho-phenylenediamine moiety while some compound also bearing chloro and nitro group on para position of aromatic ring.

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Universal stress protein (USP) is a novel target to overcome the tuberculosis resistance. Our present study enlightens the possibilities of some natural polyphenols as an antioxidant for USP. The study has shown some molecular simulations of some selected natural antioxidants with USP. We have considered USP (Rv1636) strain for homology modeling and the selected template was taken for the docking study. Curcumin, catechin, reservetrol has shown ARG 136 (1.8Å) hydrogen bonding and two ionic bonding with carboxyl group of curcumin with LEU 130 (3.3Å) and ASN 144 (3.4Å) respectively. INH was taken for the standard molecule to perform molecular simulation. It showed poor binding interaction with the target, that is, −5.18 kcal, and two hydrogen bonding with SER 140 (1.887Å), ARG 147 (2.064Å) respectively. The study indicates possible new generation curcumin analogue for future therapy to down-regulate USP.

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