Progress and challenges in targeting the SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease

H Tan, Y Hu, P Jadhav, B Tan… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The approval of vaccines
and small-molecule antivirals is vital in combating the pandemic. The viral polymerase …

[HTML][HTML] Innate immune evasion by human respiratory RNA viruses

M Kikkert - Journal of innate immunity, 2020 - karger.com
The impact of respiratory virus infections on the health of children and adults can be very
significant. Yet, in contrast to most other childhood infections as well as other viral and …

[HTML][HTML] Bioactive natural compounds against human coronaviruses: a review and perspective

Y Xian, J Zhang, Z Bian, H Zhou, Z Zhang, Z Lin… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2020 - Elsevier
Coronaviruses (CoVs), a family of enveloped positive-sense RNA viruses, are characterized
by club-like spikes that project from their surface, unusually large RNA genome, and unique …

Regulation and cellular roles of ubiquitin-specific deubiquitinating enzymes

FE Reyes-Turcu, KH Ventii… - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) are proteases that process ubiquitin or ubiquitin-like gene
products, reverse the modification of proteins by a single ubiquitin (-like) protein, and …

Nidovirales: evolving the largest RNA virus genome

AE Gorbalenya, L Enjuanes, J Ziebuhr, EJ Snijder - Virus research, 2006 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the monophyletic group of animal RNA viruses united in the order
Nidovirales. The order includes the distantly related coronaviruses, toroviruses, and …

[HTML][HTML] SARS coronavirus nsp1 protein induces template-dependent endonucleolytic cleavage of mRNAs: viral mRNAs are resistant to nsp1-induced RNA cleavage

C Huang, KG Lokugamage, JM Rozovics… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
SARS coronavirus (SCoV) nonstructural protein (nsp) 1, a potent inhibitor of host gene
expression, possesses a unique mode of action: it binds to 40S ribosomes to inactivate their …

SARS coronavirus papain-like protease inhibits the type I interferon signaling pathway through interaction with the STING-TRAF3-TBK1 complex

X Chen, X Yang, Y Zheng, Y Yang, Y Xing… - Protein & cell, 2014 - academic.oup.com
SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) develops an antagonistic mechanism by which to evade the
antiviral activities of interferon (IFN). Previous studies suggested that SARS-CoV papain-like …

A noncovalent class of papain-like protease/deubiquitinase inhibitors blocks SARS virus replication

K Ratia, S Pegan, J Takayama… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
We report the discovery and optimization of a potent inhibitor against the papain-like
protease (PLpro) from the coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome …

[HTML][HTML] A two-pronged strategy to suppress host protein synthesis by SARS coronavirus Nsp1 protein

W Kamitani, C Huang, K Narayanan… - Nature structural & …, 2009 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus nsp1 protein suppresses host gene
expression, including type I interferon production, by promoting host mRNA degradation and …

The papain-like protease of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus has deubiquitinating activity

N Barretto, D Jukneliene, K Ratia, Z Chen… - Journal of …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Replication of the genomic RNA of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-
CoV) is mediated by replicase polyproteins that are processed by two viral proteases …