Advancing the field of viroporins—Structure, function and pharmacology: IUPHAR Review 39

K Devantier, VMS Kjær, S Griffin… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Viroporins possess important potential as antiviral targets due to their critical roles during
virus life cycles, spanning from virus entry to egress. Although the antiviral amantadine …

The cytoplasmic domain of the SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein assembles into a β-sheet bundle in lipid bilayers

AJ Dregni, MJ McKay, W Surya… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) envelope (E) protein
forms a pentameric ion channel in the lipid membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum Golgi …

SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein alters calcium signaling via SERCA interactions

B Berta, H Tordai, GL Lukács, B Papp, Á Enyedi… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The clinical management of severe COVID-19 cases is not yet well resolved. Therefore, it is
important to identify and characterize cell signaling pathways involved in virus pathogenesis …

Develo** inhibitory peptides against SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein

R Bekdash, K Yoshida, MS Nair, L Qiu, J Ahdout… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has affected
approximately 800 million people since the start of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID …

Distinguishing Different Hydrogen-Bonded Helices in Proteins by Efficient 1H-Detected Three-Dimensional Solid-State NMR

J Medeiros-Silva, AJ Dregni, M Hong - Biochemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Helical structures in proteins include not only α-helices but also 310 and π helices. These
secondary structures differ in the registry of the C═ O··· H–N hydrogen bonds, which are i to …

Transmembrane conformation of the envelope protein of an alpha coronavirus, NL63

I Sučec, Y Pankratova, M Parasar, M Hong - Protein Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The envelope (E) proteins of coronaviruses (CoVs) form cation‐conducting channels that
are associated with the pathogenicity of these viruses. To date, high‐resolution structural …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of conformational states in a coronavirus channel using Alphafold-2 and DeepMSA2: Strengths and limitations

J Torres, K Pervushin, W Surya - Computational and structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
The envelope (E) protein is present in all coronavirus genera. This protein can form
pentameric oligomers with ion channel activity which have been proposed as a possible …

The Complex Proteolipidic Behavior of the SARS-CoV-2 Envelope Protein Channel: Weak Selectivity and Heterogeneous Oligomerization

W Surya, E Tavares-Neto, A Sanchis… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The envelope (E) protein is a small polypeptide that can form ion channels in coronaviruses.
In SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent that caused the recent COVID-19 …