Methodology-centered review of molecular modeling, simulation, and prediction of SARS-CoV-2

K Gao, R Wang, J Chen, L Cheng, J Frishcosy… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Despite tremendous efforts in the past two years, our understanding of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), virus–host interactions, immune …

Structural insights into the modulation of coronavirus spike tilting and infectivity by hinge glycans

D Chmielewski, EA Wilson, G Pintilie, P Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Coronavirus spike glycoproteins presented on the virion surface mediate receptor binding,
and membrane fusion during virus entry and constitute the primary target for vaccine and …

Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 M pro peptide inhibitors from modelling substrate and ligand binding

HTH Chan, MA Moesser, RK Walters, TR Malla… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The main protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2 is central to viral maturation and is a promising
drug target, but little is known about structural aspects of how it binds to its 11 natural …

Structural, electronic, and electrostatic determinants for inhibitor binding to subsites S1 and S2 in SARS-CoV-2 main protease

DW Kneller, H Li, S Galanie, G Phillips… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Creating small-molecule antivirals specific for severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) proteins is crucial to battle coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

Strengths and weaknesses of docking simulations in the SARS-CoV-2 era: the main protease (Mpro) case study

MA Llanos, ME Gantner, S Rodriguez… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The scientific community is working against the clock to arrive at therapeutic interventions to
treat patients with COVID-19. Among the strategies for drug discovery, virtual screening …

Virus structure and structure-based antivirals

Z Plavec, I Pöhner, A Poso, SJ Butcher - Current opinion in virology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Drug repurposing for corona-virus and picorna-virus protease broad range
inhibitors.•Promising developments in RNA-dependent RNA polymerase broad range …

The H163A mutation unravels an oxidized conformation of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease

N Tran, S Dasari, SAE Barwell, MJ McLeod… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The main protease of SARS-CoV-2 (Mpro) is an important target for developing COVID-19
therapeutics. Recent work has highlighted Mpro's susceptibility to undergo redox-associated …

Direct observation of protonation state modulation in SARS-CoV-2 main protease upon inhibitor binding with neutron crystallography

DW Kneller, G Phillips, KL Weiss, Q Zhang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The main protease (3CL Mpro) from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, is an essential enzyme for viral replication …

Binding mechanism of inhibitors to SARS-CoV-2 main protease deciphered by multiple replica molecular dynamics simulations

S Liang, X Liu, S Zhang, M Li, Q Zhang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The outbreak caused by SARS-CoV-2 has received extensive worldwide attention. As the
main protease (Mpro) in SARS-CoV-2 has no human homologues, it is feasible to reduce …

Key dimer interface residues impact the catalytic activity of 3CLpro, the main protease of SARS-CoV-2

JC Ferreira, S Fadl, WM Rabeh - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
3C-like protease (3CLpro) processes and liberates functional viral proteins essential for the
maturation and infectivity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the virus …