Complexation ability of tetrasulfosubstituted cobalt(II) phthalocyanine toward ORF3a protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus

Complex formation processes of tetrasulfosubstituted cobalt(II) phthalocyanine with ORF3a accessory protein of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus were studied. The interaction of ORF3a protein with SARS-CoV-2 virus with tetrasulfosubstituted cobalt(II) phthalocyanine affords a stable complex in which metallophthalocyanine exists in the monomeric form. The complex formation induces slight changes in the secondary structure of the protein by increasing the fraction of disordered fragments of the polypeptide chain. The photoirradiation of the complex of ORF3a protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus with tetrasulfosubstituted cobalt(II) phthalocyanine leads to the photooxidation of amino acid residues of the protein.