[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 (Mpro) by repurposing/designing drug-like substances and utilizing nature's toolbox of bioactive compounds

I Antonopoulou, E Sapountzaki, U Rova… - Computational and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has resulted in a long pandemic, with numerous cases and victims worldwide and enormous …

Potential resistance of SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) against protease inhibitors: lessons learned from HIV-1 protease

JA Mótyán, M Mahdi, G Hoffka, J Tőzsér - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome 2
(SARS-CoV-2), has been one of the most devastating pandemics of recent times. The lack of …

X-ray crystallographic characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease polyprotein cleavage sites essential for viral processing and maturation

J Lee, C Kenward, LJ Worrall, M Vuckovic… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the pathogen
that causes COVID-19, produces polyproteins 1a and 1ab that contain, respectively, 11 or …

SARS-CoV-2 Nsp5 demonstrates two distinct mechanisms targeting RIG-I and MAVS to evade the innate immune response

Y Liu, C Qin, Y Rao, C Ngo, JJ Feng, J Zhao, S Zhang… - MBio, 2021 - journals.asm.org
Newly emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused a
global pandemic with astonishing mortality and morbidity. The high replication and …

Characterising proteolysis during SARS-CoV-2 infection identifies viral cleavage sites and cellular targets with therapeutic potential

B Meyer, J Chiaravalli, S Gellenoncourt… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent behind the COVID-19 pandemic, responsible for over
170 million infections, and over 3.7 million deaths worldwide. Efforts to test, treat and …

Structural biology of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro and drug discovery

Y Duan, H Wang, Z Yuan, H Yang - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Since its outbreak in late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn enormous attention
worldwide as a consequence of being the most disastrous infectious disease in the past …

Antitarget, anti-SARS-CoV-2 leads, drugs, and the drug discovery–genetics alliance perspective

C Pozzi, A Vanet, V Francesconi… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The most advanced antiviral molecules addressing major SARS-CoV-2 targets (Main
protease, Spike protein, and RNA polymerase), compared with proteins of other human …

Recognition of divergent viral substrates by the SARS-CoV-2 main protease

EA MacDonald, G Frey, MN Namchuk… - ACS infectious …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The main protease (Mpro) of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2), the cause of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is an ideal target for pharmaceutical …

SARS-CoV-2 main protease suppresses type I interferon production by preventing nuclear translocation of phosphorylated IRF3

SY Fung, KL Siu, H Lin, ML Yeung… - International journal of …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Suppression of type I interferon (IFN) response is one pathological outcome of the infection
of highly pathogenic human coronaviruses. To effect this, severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Dynamical nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations identify allosteric sites and positions associated with drug resistance in the SARS-CoV-2 main protease

HTH Chan, ASF Oliveira, CJ Schofield, AJ Mulholland… - Jacs Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
The SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) plays an essential role in the coronavirus lifecycle
by catalyzing hydrolysis of the viral polyproteins at specific sites. Mpro is the target of drugs …