[HTML][HTML] Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir): A new approach to Covid-19 therapy?

SMR Hashemian, A Sheida, M Taghizadieh… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the need for novel, effective therapeutics for the COVID-19 pandemic, no curative
regimen is yet available, therefore patients are forced to rely on supportive and nonspecific …

Targeting the dimerization of the main protease of coronaviruses: a potential broad-spectrum therapeutic strategy

B Goyal, D Goyal - ACS combinatorial science, 2020 - ACS Publications
A new coronavirus (CoV) caused a pandemic named COVID-19, which has become a
global health care emergency in the present time. The virus is referred to as SARS-CoV-2 …

Main protease mutants of SARS-CoV-2 variants remain susceptible to nirmatrelvir

S Ullrich, KB Ekanayake, G Otting, C Nitsche - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a public health threat. Multiple mutations in the
spike protein of emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 appear to impact on the effectiveness of …

X-ray screening identifies active site and allosteric inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease

S Günther, PYA Reinke, Y Fernández-García, J Lieske… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 is creating tremendous
human suffering. To date, no effective drug is available to directly treat the disease. In a …

[HTML][HTML] Feline coronavirus drug inhibits the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 and blocks virus replication

W Vuong, MB Khan, C Fischer, E Arutyunova… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The main protease, Mpro (or 3CLpro) in SARS-CoV-2 is a viable drug target because of its
essential role in the cleavage of the virus polypeptide. Feline infectious peritonitis, a fatal …

[HTML][HTML] A small molecule compound with an indole moiety inhibits the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 and blocks virus replication

S Hattori, N Higashi-Kuwata, H Hayashi, SR Allu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Except remdesivir, no specific antivirals for SARS-CoV-2 infection are currently available.
Here, we characterize two small-molecule-compounds, named GRL-1720 and 5h …

In silico pharmacokinetic and molecular docking studies of natural flavonoids and synthetic indole chalcones against essential proteins of SARS-CoV-2

BG Vijayakumar, D Ramesh, A Joji, T Kannan - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is distinctly infective and
there is an ongoing effort to find a cure for this pandemic. Flavonoids exist in many diets as …

SARS-CoV 3CL protease cleaves its C-terminal autoprocessing site by novel subsite cooperativity

T Muramatsu, C Takemoto, YT Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The 3C-like protease (3CLpro) of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-
CoV) cleaves 11 sites in the polyproteins, including its own N-and C-terminal …

Identification of potential binders of the main protease 3CLpro of the COVID-19 via structure-based ligand design and molecular modeling

M Macchiagodena, M Pagliai, P Procacci - Chemical Physics Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
We have applied a computational strategy, using a combination of virtual screening, docking
and molecular dynamics techniques, aimed at identifying possible lead compounds for the …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting novel structural and functional features of coronavirus protease nsp5 (3CLpro, Mpro) in the age of COVID-19

MK Roe, NA Junod, AR Young… - Journal of General …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
Coronavirus protease nsp5 (M pro, 3CL pro) remains a primary target for coronavirus
therapeutics due to its indispensable and conserved role in the proteolytic processing of the …