Theta-Defensins to Counter COVID-19 as Furin Inhibitors: In Silico Efficiency Prediction and Novel Compound Design

Table 1

The antigenicity and stability of theta-defensins and the designed construct.

Peptide	Sequence	Instability index	Antigenicity
2LYE	GVCRCVCRRGVCRCVCRR	59.99	0.43
2M2Y	RCVCRRGVCRCVCRRGVC	55.28	0.65
2M1P	GVCRAVCRRGVCRAVCRR	68.37	0.87
2M2G	GVARCVCRRGVCRCVARR	59.99	0.38
2M2H	GVARCVARRGVARCVARR	59.99	0.09
2M2X	GVARAVARRGVARAVARR	68.37	0.31
1HVZ	GFCRCLCRRGVCRCICTR	65.36	0.42
2M77	GDCRCLCRRGVCRCICTR	65.36	0.76
2M78	GFCRCLCRRGDCRCICTR	65.36	0.98
2M79	GDCRCLCRRGDCRCICTR	65.36	1.31
2ATG	RRICRCICGRGICRCICG	31.83	1
2LZ1	GICRCICGRRICRCICGR	36.55	1.05
Construct	RGVCRCICRRGRGVCRCICRRG	46.18	0.37

The instability indices lower than 40 are considered stable. The threshold of antigenicity is 0.4.