Structural biology of SARS-CoV-2: open the door for novel therapies

W Yan, Y Zheng, X Zeng, B He, W Cheng - Signal Transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative
agent of the pandemic disease COVID-19, which is so far without efficacious treatment. The …

Innate immune evasion strategies of SARS-CoV-2

JM Minkoff, B tenOever - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, has been
associated with substantial global morbidity and mortality. Despite a tropism that is largely …

Accelerating antiviral drug discovery: lessons from COVID-19

A von Delft, MD Hall, AD Kwong, LA Purcell… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a wave of rapid and
collaborative drug discovery efforts took place in academia and industry, culminating in …

The battle between host and SARS-CoV-2: Innate immunity and viral evasion strategies

S Zhang, L Wang, G Cheng - Molecular therapy, 2022 - cell.com
The SARS-CoV-2 virus, the pathogen causing COVID-19, has caused more than 200 million
confirmed cases, resulting in more than 4.5 million deaths worldwide by the end of August …

Potent Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 nsp14 N7-Methyltransferase by Sulfonamide-Based Bisubstrate Analogues

R Ahmed-Belkacem, M Hausdorff… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Enzymes involved in RNA cap** of SARS-CoV-2 are essential for the stability of viral
RNA, translation of mRNAs, and virus evasion from innate immunity, making them attractive …

Coronaviral RNA-methyltransferases: function, structure and inhibition

R Nencka, J Silhan, M Klima, T Otava… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Coronaviral methyltransferases (MTases), nsp10/16 and nsp14, catalyze the last
two steps of viral RNA-cap creation that takes place in cytoplasm. This cap is essential for …

Linking scientific instruments and computation: Patterns, technologies, and experiences

R Vescovi, R Chard, ND Saint, B Blaiszik, J Pruyne… - Patterns, 2022 - cell.com
Powerful detectors at modern experimental facilities routinely collect data at multiple GB/s.
Online analysis methods are needed to enable the collection of only interesting subsets of …

A comprehensive study to unleash the putative inhibitors of serotype2 of dengue virus: Insights from an in silico structure-based drug discovery

SK Halder, I Ahmad, JF Shathi, MM Mim… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that claims the lives of millions of people around
the world. A number of factors like disease's non-specific symptoms, increased viral …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for RNA-cap recognition and methylation by the mpox methyltransferase VP39

P Skvara, D Chalupska, M Klima, J Kozic, J Silhan… - Antiviral Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Mpox is a zoonotic disease caused by the mpox virus (MPXV), which has gained attention
due to its rapid and widespread transmission, with reports from more than 100 countries …

Regulation of antiviral innate immunity by chemical modification of viral RNA

N Li, TM Rana - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
More than 100 chemical modifications of RNA, termed the epitranscriptome, have been
described, most of which occur in prokaryotic and eukaryotic ribosomal, transfer, and …