Mechanism and inhibition of the papain‐like protease, PLpro, of SARS‐CoV‐2

T Klemm, G Ebert, DJ Calleja, CC Allison… - The EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
The SARS‐CoV‐2 coronavirus encodes an essential papain‐like protease domain as part of
its non‐structural protein (nsp)‐3, namely SARS2 PLpro, that cleaves the viral polyprotein …

Natural product compounds in alpinia officinarum and ginger are potent SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease inhibitors

D Goswami, M Kumar, SK Ghosh, A Das - 2020 - chemrxiv.org
SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 has caused more than 10, 00,000 infections and~ 55,000 deaths
worldwide spanning over 203 countries, and the numbers are exponentially increasing. Due …

Identification of potent food constituents as SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease modulators through advanced pharmacoinformatics approaches

S Bhowmick, A Saha, NA AlFaris, JZ ALTamimi… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 urges immediate treatment measures for
controlling the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 infections. The papain-like protease (PLpro) …

Design of a SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease inhibitor with antiviral efficacy in a mouse model

B Tan, X Zhang, A Ansari, P Jadhav, H Tan, K Li… - Science, 2024 - science.org
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants and drug-resistant mutants calls for additional oral
antivirals. The SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease (PLpro) is a promising but challenging …

[HTML][HTML] Atomistic-level description of the covalent inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease

C Hognon, M Marazzi, C García-Iriepa - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Inhibition of the papain-like protease (PLpro) of SARS-CoV-2 has been demonstrated to be
a successful target to prevent the spreading of the coronavirus in the infected body. In this …

Design and evaluation of a novel peptide–drug conjugate covalently targeting SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease

N Liu, Y Zhang, Y Lei, R Wang, M Zhan… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a global health threat, was caused by
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The SARS-CoV-2 papain …

X-ray structural and biological evaluation of a series of potent and highly selective inhibitors of human coronavirus papain-like proteases

YM Báez-Santos, SJ Barraza, MW Wilson… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Structure-guided design was used to generate a series of noncovalent inhibitors with
nanomolar potency against the papain-like protease (PLpro) from the SARS coronavirus …

Drug-repurposing screening identified tropifexor as a SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease inhibitor

C Ma, Y Hu, Y Wang, J Choza, J Wang - ACS infectious diseases, 2022 - ACS Publications
The global COVID-19 pandemic underscores the dire need for effective antivirals.
Encouraging progress has been made in developing small-molecule inhibitors targeting the …

Screening and evaluation of approved drugs as inhibitors of main protease of SARS-CoV-2

PK Tripathi, S Upadhyay, M Singh… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has emerged as a global catastrophe.
The virus requires main protease for processing the viral polyproteins PP1A and PP1AB …

Viral proteases as targets for coronavirus disease 2019 drug development

W Zhu, Z Shyr, DC Lo, W Zheng - Journal of Pharmacology and …, 2021 - ASPET
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), continues to be a global threat since its emergence. Although …