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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #16513

Project #16513 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

Scientists are using computer simulations to study how certain COVID-19 proteins interact with existing drugs. They want to find drugs that can block the virus from replicating, potentially leading to new treatments.
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Project team

Manager(s)
Prof. Xuhui Huang
Institution
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Work unit

Atoms
226,494
Core
GRO_A7
Status
Public
Source material

Official Project Description

This series of CPU projects to simulation the Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12) and Nonstructural protein 14 (nsp14) complexes.

We will screen existing FDA-approved NTP analog drugs (e.g.

Ribirine).

We aim to repurpose drugs that can inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication 16500: This project contains simulations of nsp14-ExoN and nsp10 of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with a short nascent RNA.

Nsp14 is in charge of proofeading of the replication SARS-CoV-2 by removing mis-incoproated nucleotides including drugs, so that it is important that NTP analog drugs (e.g.

Remdesivir) added to the nascent RNA do not get cleaved by nsp14. 16501: This project contains simulations of nsp12, nsp7, and nsp8 of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA, and Ribavirin Triphosphate in the active site.

We aim to examine if the drug Ribirine can inhibite the viral replicaiton of SARS-CoV-2. 16502: This project contains simulations of nsp12, nsp7 and nsp8 of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA with Ribavirin as the 3’ terminal nucleotide. 16503: Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12-RdRp & nsp7 & nsp8) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA and Cladribine Triphosphate in the active site. 16504: Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12-RdRp & nsp7 & nsp8) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA and Clofarabine Triphosphate in the active site. 16505: Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12-RdRp & nsp7 & nsp8) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA and Cordycepin Triphosphate in the active site.

16506: Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12-RdRp & nsp7 & nsp8) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA(Cladribine at 3'-terminal), and ATP in the active site.

16507: Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12-RdRp & nsp7 & nsp8) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA(Clofarabine at 3'-terminal), and ATP in the active site. 16508: Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12-RdRp & nsp7 & nsp8) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA(Cordycepin at 3'-terminal), and ATP in the active site. 16509: Nonstructural protein 14 and 10 (nsp14-ExoN & nsp 10) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with a short nascent RNA containing Cordycepin at 3'-terminal. 16510: Nonstructural protein 14 and 10 (nsp14-ExoN & nsp 10) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with a short nascent RNA containing Clofarabine at 3'-terminal. 16513: Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12-RdRp & nsp7 & nsp8) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA, and ATP in the active site. 16514: Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12-RdRp & nsp7 & nsp8) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA, and GTP in the active site. 16515: Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12-RdRp & nsp7 & nsp8) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA, and GTP in the active site with nonbonded dummy ion model. 16516: Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12-RdRp & nsp7 & nsp8) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA, and ATP in the active site with nonbonded dummy ion model.

Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 16513

Compare community-sampled Folding@Home output for the GPUs and CPUs processing this project.

Data as of Sunday, 02 August 2026 22:02:21

CPU PPD Averages Beta

Rank
Project
CPU Model Logical
Processors (LP)
PPD-PLP
AVG PPD per 1 LP
ALL LP-PPD
(Estimated)
Make
1 RYZEN 9 3950X 16-CORE 32 12,727 407,264 AMD
2 RYZEN 9 3900X 12-CORE 24 10,813 259,512 AMD
3 XEON CPU E5-2686 V4 @ 2.30GHZ 36 6,813 245,268 Intel
4 RYZEN THREADRIPPER 2950X 16-CORE 32 6,699 214,368 AMD
5 RYZEN 9 3900XT 12-CORE 24 7,534 180,816 AMD
6 RYZEN 7 3700X 8-CORE 16 10,768 172,288 AMD
7 CORE I9-7940X CPU @ 3.10GHZ 28 4,900 137,200 Intel
8 CORE I9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHZ 16 8,344 133,504 Intel
9 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 9,439 113,268 AMD
10 CORE I5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHZ 12 5,870 70,440 Intel
11 CORE I7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHZ 12 4,338 52,056 Intel
12 XEON CPU E5-2620 V2 @ 2.10GHZ 24 2,091 50,184 Intel
13 CORE I3-8100 CPU @ 3.60GHZ 4 7,844 31,376 Intel