Novel 2019 coronavirus structure, mechanism of action, antiviral drug promises and rule out against its treatment

S Boopathi, AB Poma, P Kolandaivel - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In the past two decades, the world has faced several infectious disease outbreaks. Ebola,
Influenza A (H1N1), SARS, MERS, and Zika virus have had a massive global impact in terms …

Recent discovery and development of inhibitors targeting coronaviruses

T Pillaiyar, S Meenakshisundaram, M Manickam - Drug discovery today, 2020 - Elsevier
Human coronaviruses (CoVs) are enveloped viruses with a positive-sense single-stranded
RNA genome. Currently, six human CoVs have been reported including human coronavirus …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of Mpro from SARS-CoV-2 and discovery of its inhibitors

Z Jin, X Du, Y Xu, Y Deng, M Liu, Y Zhao, B Zhang, X Li… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
A new coronavirus, known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2), is the aetiological agent responsible for the 2019–2020 viral pneumonia outbreak of …

Structure-based design of antiviral drug candidates targeting the SARS-CoV-2 main protease

W Dai, B Zhang, XM Jiang, H Su, J Li, Y Zhao, X Xie… - Science, 2020 - science.org
SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) is the etiological agent
responsible for the global COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. The main …

Structural basis for the inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 main protease by antineoplastic drug carmofur

Z Jin, Y Zhao, Y Sun, B Zhang, H Wang, Y Wu… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
The antineoplastic drug carmofur is shown to inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro).
Here, the X-ray crystal structure of Mpro in complex with carmofur reveals that the carbonyl …

Targeting SARS-CoV-2 proteases and polymerase for COVID-19 treatment: state of the art and future opportunities

R Cannalire, C Cerchia, AR Beccari… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The newly emerged coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, is the causing pathogen of pandemic
COVID-19. The identification of drugs to treat COVID-19 and other coronavirus diseases is …

Potential SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors

R Banerjee, L Perera, LMV Tillekeratne - Drug Discovery Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•The SARS-CoV-2 main protease is a prime drug target.•Coronavirus main
proteases share a structurally conserved substrate-binding region.•The structure and …

Inhibition of SARS-CoV 3CL protease by flavonoids

S Jo, S Kim, DH Shin, MS Kim - Journal of enzyme inhibition and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
There were severe panics caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and
Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus. Therefore, researches targeting these …

Coronaviruses—drug discovery and therapeutic options

A Zumla, JFW Chan, EI Azhar, DSC Hui… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2016 - nature.com
In humans, infections with the human coronavirus (HCoV) strains HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43,
HCoV-NL63 and HCoV-HKU1 usually result in mild, self-limiting upper respiratory tract …

Exploring the binding mechanism of PF-07321332 SARS-CoV-2 protease inhibitor through molecular dynamics and binding free energy simulations

B Ahmad, M Batool, Q Ain, MS Kim, S Choi - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The novel coronavirus disease, caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2), rapidly spreading around the world, poses a major threat to the global public health …