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Research: COVID-19 Folding Project #16551

Project #16551 overview

Project Summary AI Beta

This project uses computer simulations to study how viruses work and find new ways to fight them. Scientists are looking at drugs that can block the activity of important proteins in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, like nsp12 and nsp14. They're testing if these drugs can stop the virus from making copies of itself.
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Project team

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

Work unit

Atoms
225,706
Core
0xa9
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. 16517: 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. 16518: 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. 16519: Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12-RdRp & nsp7 & nsp8) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA, and GTP. 16520: Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12-RdRp & nsp7 & nsp8) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA, and ATP. 16521: Nonstructural protein 12 (nsp12-RdRp & nsp7 & nsp8) of the SARS-CoV-2 in complex with the RNA template, a short nascent RNA, and GTP. 16550: Liquid-liquid Phase separation simulation for condensate and added peptide ADMA 16551: Liquid-liquid Phase separation simulation for condensate and added peptide ADMA 16552: Liquid-liquid Phase separation simulation for condensate and added peptide ARG 16553: Liquid-liquid Phase separation simulation for condensate and added peptide LYS 16554: Liquid-liquid Phase separation simulation for condensate containing peptide ADMA and RNA 16555: Liquid-liquid Phase separation simulation for condensate containing peptide ARG and RNA 16556: Liquid-liquid Phase separation simulation for condensate containing peptide LYS and RNA 16557: Liquid-liquid Phase separation simulation for condensate containing peptide ADMA and RNA, concentration 3.7 mM 16558: Liquid-liquid Phase separation simulation for condensate containing peptide ARG and RNA, concentration 3.7 mM 16559: Liquid-liquid Phase separation simulation for condensate containing peptide LYS and RNA, concentration 3.7 mM.

Performance data

Hardware Performance for Project 16551

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

Data as of Sunday, 02 August 2026 22:02:11

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 7950X 16-CORE 32 39,185 1,253,920 AMD
2 12TH GEN CORE I9-12900K 24 51,899 1,245,576 Intel
3 13TH GEN CORE I9-13900KS 32 28,701 918,432 Intel
4 RYZEN 9 5950X 16-CORE 32 21,013 672,416 AMD
5 RYZEN 7 5700G 16 25,487 407,792 AMD
6 RYZEN 7 5700X 8-CORE 16 23,104 369,664 AMD
7 12TH GEN CORE I5-12600K 16 19,383 310,128 Intel
8 RYZEN 7 5800X 8-CORE 16 18,754 300,064 AMD
9 RYZEN 5 5600X 6-CORE 12 24,452 293,424 AMD
10 12TH GEN CORE I7-12700 20 13,956 279,120 Intel
11 CORE I7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHZ 16 16,430 262,880 Intel
12 RYZEN 5 3600 6-CORE 12 18,410 220,920 AMD
13 RYZEN 7 PRO 4750G 16 12,432 198,912 AMD
14 GENUINE CPU 0000 @ 2.70GHZ 8 16,407 131,256 Intel
15 CORE I3-9100F CPU @ 3.60GHZ 4 27,632 110,528 Intel
16 CORE I9-8950HK CPU @ 2.90GHZ 12 7,221 86,652 Intel
17 CORE I7-4770HQ CPU @ 2.20GHZ 8 5,927 47,416 Intel