RNA dependent RNA polymerases: insights from structure, function and evolution

S Venkataraman, BVLS Prasad, R Selvarajan - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) is one of the most versatile enzymes of RNA
viruses that is indispensable for replicating the genome as well as for carrying out …

Nucleoside, nucleotide, and non-nucleoside inhibitors of hepatitis C virus NS5B RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase

MJ Sofia, W Chang, PA Furman… - Journal of medicinal …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a global health problem that impacts approximately 180
million individuals. Of those initially infected with HCV approximately 80% will progress to …

Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase confer resistance to remdesivir by distinct mechanisms

LJ Stevens, AJ Pruijssers, HW Lee… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
The nucleoside analog remdesivir (RDV) is a Food and Drug Administration–approved
antiviral for treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

Remdesivir is a direct-acting antiviral that inhibits RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 with high potency

CJ Gordon, EP Tchesnokov, E Woolner… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
Effective treatments for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are urgently needed to control
this current pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

Structure of influenza A polymerase bound to the viral RNA promoter

A Pflug, D Guilligay, S Reich, S Cusack - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The influenza virus polymerase transcribes or replicates the segmented RNA genome (viral
RNA) into viral messenger RNA or full-length copies. To initiate RNA synthesis, the …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for substrate selection by the SARS-CoV-2 replicase

BF Malone, JK Perry, PDB Olinares, HW Lee, J Chen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase coordinates viral RNA
synthesis as part of an assembly known as the replication–transcription complex (RTC) …

Structural basis for RNA replication by the hepatitis C virus polymerase

TC Appleby, JK Perry, E Murakami, O Barauskas… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Nucleotide analog inhibitors have shown clinical success in the treatment of hepatitis C virus
(HCV) infection, despite an incomplete mechanistic understanding of NS5B, the viral RNA …

Mutations in the chikungunya virus non-structural proteins cause resistance to favipiravir (T-705), a broad-spectrum antiviral

L Delang, N Segura Guerrero, A Tas… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Objectives T-705, also known as favipiravir, is a small-molecule inhibitor that is currently in
clinical development for the treatment of influenza virus infections. This molecule also …

Structural basis for active site closure by the poliovirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

P Gong, OB Peersen - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Positive-strand RNA viruses include a large number of human and animal pathogens whose
essential RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRPs) share a structurally homologous core …

A structure-function diversity survey of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerases from the positive-strand RNA viruses

H Jia, P Gong - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRPs) encoded by the RNA viruses are a unique
class of nucleic acid polymerases. Each viral RdRP contains a 500–600 residue catalytic …