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It is the most infectious of the three, currently causing the COVID-19 pandemic. No treatment has been approved for COVID-19. We previously proposed targets that can serve as binding sites for antiviral drugs for multiple coronaviruses, and here we set out to find current drugs that can be repurposed as COVID-19 therapeutics.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Aim.<\/jats:bold> To identify drugs against COVID-19, we performed an <jats:italic>in silico<\/jats:italic> virtual screen with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs targeting the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP), a critical enzyme for coronavirus replication.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Methodology.<\/jats:bold> Initially, no RdRP structure of SARS-CoV-2 was available. We performed basic sequence and structural analysis to determine if RdRP from SARS-CoV was a suitable replacement. We performed molecular dynamics simulations to generate multiple starting conformations that were used for the <jats:italic>in silico<\/jats:italic> virtual screen. During this work, a structure of RdRP from SARS-CoV-2 became available and was also included in the <jats:italic>in silico<\/jats:italic> virtual screen.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Results.<\/jats:bold> The virtual screen identified several drugs predicted to bind in the conserved RNA tunnel of RdRP, where many of the proposed targets were located. Among these candidates, quinupristin is particularly interesting because it is expected to bind across the RNA tunnel, blocking access from both sides and suggesting that it has the potential to arrest viral replication by preventing viral RNA synthesis. Quinupristin is an antibiotic that has been in clinical use for two decades and is known to cause relatively minor side effects.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Conclusion.<\/jats:bold> Quinupristin represents a potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 therapeutic. 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