Nucleoside analogues for the treatment of coronavirus infections

AJ Pruijssers, MR Denison - Current opinion in virology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Coronaviruses (CoV) represent current and future risk for pandemic zoonotic
infections.•Nucleoside analogues are highly active across multiple virus families.•CoVs …

[HTML][HTML] Cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography: complementary approaches to structural biology and drug discovery

C Vénien-Bryan, Z Li, L Vuillard… - … Section F: Structural …, 2017 - scripts.iucr.org
The invention of the electron microscope has greatly enhanced the view scientists have of
small structural details. Since its implementation, this technology has undergone …

High throughput virtual screening reveals SARS-CoV-2 multi-target binding natural compounds to lead instant therapy for COVID-19 treatment

B Naik, N Gupta, R Ojha, S Singh, VK Prajapati… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present-day world is severely suffering from the recently emerged SARS-CoV-2. The
lack of prescribed drugs for the deadly virus has stressed the likely need to identify novel …

TREX1 as a novel immunotherapeutic target

WO Hemphill, SR Simpson, M Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mutations in the TREX1 3'→ 5'exonuclease are associated with a spectrum of autoimmune
disease phenotypes in humans and mice. Failure to degrade DNA activates the cGAS …

In silico evidence of beauvericin antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2

C Al Khoury, Z Bashir, S Tokajian, N Nemer… - Computers in Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Scientists are still battling severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic so …

Analogs of the catechol derivative dynasore inhibit HIV-1 ribonuclease H, SARS-CoV-2 nsp14 exoribonuclease, and virus replication

A Asthana, A Corona, WJ Shin, MJ Kwak, C Gaughan… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Viral replication often depends on RNA maturation and degradation processes catalyzed by
viral ribonucleases, which are therefore candidate targets for antiviral drugs. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] The cyclophilin-dependent calcineurin inhibitor voclosporin inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication in cell culture

NS Ogando, E Metscher, DJAR Moes… - Transplant …, 2022 - frontierspartnerships.org
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at increased risk for a more severe course of COVID-
19, due to their pre-existing comorbidity and immunosuppression. Consensus protocols …

The role of conserved residues in the DEDDh motif: the proton-transfer mechanism of HIV-1 RNase H

SL Dùrr, O Bohuszewicz, D Berta, R Suardiaz… - Acs …, 2021 - ACS Publications
RNase H is a prototypical example for two-metal-ion catalysis in enzymes. An RNase H
activity cleaving the ribonucleic acid (RNA) backbone of a DNA/RNA hybrid is present not …

A dsRNA-binding mutant reveals only a minor role of exonuclease activity in interferon antagonism by the arenavirus nucleoprotein

P Bohn, I Waßmann, L Wendt, A Leske… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The arenavirus nucleoprotein (NP) plays an important role in the virus' ability to block
interferon (IFN) production, and its exonuclease function appears to contribute to this activity …

Discovering potential inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 by targeting Nsp13 Helicase

R Nandi, D Bhowmik, R Srivastava… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The rise in the incidence of COVID-19 as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection has threatened
public health globally. Till now, there have been no proper prophylactics available to fight …