Deubiquitinases: From mechanisms to their inhibition by small molecules

SM Lange, LA Armstrong, Y Kulathu - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Deubiquitinases (DUBs) are specialized proteases that remove ubiquitin from substrates or
cleave within ubiquitin chains to regulate ubiquitylation and therefore play important roles in …

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 …

Papain-like protease regulates SARS-CoV-2 viral spread and innate immunity

D Shin, R Mukherjee, D Grewe, D Bojkova, K Baek… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The papain-like protease PLpro is an essential coronavirus enzyme that is required for
processing viral polyproteins to generate a functional replicase complex and enable viral …

Drug targets for corona virus: A systematic review

M Prajapat, P Sarma, N Shekhar, P Avti… - Indian journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The 2019-novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a major source of disaster in the 21 th
century. However, the lack of specific drugs to prevent/treat an attack is a major need at this …

The complex structure of GRL0617 and SARS-CoV-2 PLpro reveals a hot spot for antiviral drug discovery

Z Fu, B Huang, J Tang, S Liu, M Liu, Y Ye, Z Liu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 is the pathogen responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The SARS-CoV-2
papain-like cysteine protease (PLpro) has been implicated in playing important roles in virus …

Design of SARS-CoV-2 PLpro inhibitors for COVID-19 antiviral therapy leveraging binding cooperativity

Z Shen, K Ratia, L Cooper, D Kong, H Lee… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Antiviral agents that complement vaccination are urgently needed to end the COVID-19
pandemic. The SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease (PLpro), one of only two essential …

Ubiquitination in the regulation of inflammatory cell death and cancer

PE Cockram, M Kist, S Prakash, SH Chen… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
The ubiquitin system is complex, multifaceted, and is crucial for the modulation of a vast
number of cellular processes. Ubiquitination is tightly regulated at different levels by a range …

[HTML][HTML] Crystal structure of SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease

X Gao, B Qin, P Chen, K Zhu, P Hou, JA Wojdyla… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is changing the world like never
before. This crisis is unlikely contained in the absence of effective therapeutics or vaccine …

Recent discovery and development of inhibitors targeting coronaviruses

T Pillaiyar, S Meenakshisundaram, M Manickam - Drug discovery today, 2020 - Elsevier
Human coronaviruses (CoVs) are enveloped viruses with a positive-sense single-stranded
RNA genome. Currently, six human CoVs have been reported including human coronavirus …

Drug development and medicinal chemistry efforts toward SARS‐coronavirus and Covid‐19 therapeutics

AK Ghosh, M Brindisi, D Shahabi… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 infection is spreading at an alarming
rate and has created an unprecedented health emergency around the globe. There is no …