The nonstructural proteins directing coronavirus RNA synthesis and processing

EJ Snijder, E Decroly, J Ziebuhr - Advances in virus research, 2016 - Elsevier
Coronaviruses are animal and human pathogens that can cause lethal zoonotic infections
like SARS and MERS. They have polycistronic plus-stranded RNA genomes and belong to …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Origins and evolution of the global RNA virome

YI Wolf, D Kazlauskas, J Iranzo, A Lucía-Sanz, JH Kuhn… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Viruses with RNA genomes dominate the eukaryotic virome, reaching enormous diversity in
animals and plants. The recent advances of metaviromics prompted us to perform a detailed …

RNA‐dependent RNA polymerase of SARS‐CoV‐2 as a therapeutic target

Y Wang, V Anirudhan, R Du, Q Cui… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐
CoV‐2), named coronavirus disease 2019, has infected more than 8.9 million people …

Homology-based identification of a mutation in the coronavirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase that confers resistance to multiple mutagens

NR Sexton, EC Smith, H Blanc, M Vignuzzi… - Journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Positive-sense RNA viruses encode RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRps) essential
for genomic replication. With the exception of the large nidoviruses, such as coronaviruses …

Discovery of an essential nucleotidylating activity associated with a newly delineated conserved domain in the RNA polymerase-containing protein of all nidoviruses

KC Lehmann, A Gulyaeva… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
RNA viruses encode an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) that catalyzes the
synthesis of their RNA (s). In the case of positive-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and function of the Zika virus full-length NS5 protein

B Zhao, G Yi, F Du, YC Chuang, RC Vaughan… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The recent outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) has infected over 1 million people in over 30
countries. ZIKV replicates its RNA genome using virally encoded replication proteins …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The Big Bang of picorna-like virus evolution antedates the radiation of eukaryotic supergroups

EV Koonin, YI Wolf, K Nagasaki, VV Dolja - Nature Reviews …, 2008 - nature.com
The recent discovery of RNA viruses in diverse unicellular eukaryotes and developments in
evolutionary genomics have provided the means for addressing the origin of eukaryotic RNA …

[HTML][HTML] Medicinal chemistry strategies towards the development of effective SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors

S Gao, T Huang, L Song, S Xu, Y Cheng… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Novel therapies are urgently needed to improve global treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Herein, we briefly provide a concise report on the medicinal chemistry strategies towards the …