[HTML][HTML] Accelerating antiviral drug discovery: lessons from COVID-19

A von Delft, MD Hall, AD Kwong, LA Purcell… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a wave of rapid and
collaborative drug discovery efforts took place in academia and industry, culminating in …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of SARS-CoV-2 membrane protein essential for virus assembly

Z Zhang, N Nomura, Y Muramoto, T Ekimoto… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The coronavirus membrane protein (M) is the most abundant viral structural protein and
plays a central role in virus assembly and morphogenesis. However, the process of M …

Nanodiscs: Game changer nano-therapeutics and structural biology tools

AO Elzoghby, O Samir, A Soliman, S Solomevich, M Yu… - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, engineering biocompatible HDL nanodiscs has garnered a great interest
with wide applications for for both drug delivery and structural biology. In this review, we …

[HTML][HTML] Perturbation of the host cell Ca2+ homeostasis and ER-mitochondria contact sites by the SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins E and M

E Poggio, F Vallese, AJW Hartel, TJ Morgenstern… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a contagious respiratory disease caused by the
SARS-CoV-2 virus. The clinical phenotypes are variable, ranging from spontaneous …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular architecture and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 envelope by integrative modeling

W Pezeshkian, F Grünewald, O Narykov, S Lu… - Structure, 2023 - cell.com
Despite tremendous efforts, the exact structure of SARS-CoV-2 and related
betacoronaviruses remains elusive. SARS-CoV-2 envelope is a key structural component of …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstitution of the SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleosome provides insights into genomic RNA packaging and regulation by phosphorylation

CR Carlson, AN Adly, M Bi, CJ Howard, A Frost… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
The nucleocapsid (N) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is
responsible for compaction of the∼ 30-kb RNA genome in the∼ 90-nm virion. Previous …

Systematic exploration of SARS-CoV-2 adaptation to Vero E6, Vero E6/TMPRSS2, and Calu-3 cells

P Aiewsakun, W Phumiphanjarphak… - Genome Biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to spread
globally, and scientists around the world are currently studying the virus intensively in order …

Synthesis, insertion, and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 membrane protein within lipid bilayers

Y Zhang, S Anbir, J McTiernan, S Li, M Worcester… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Throughout history, coronaviruses have posed challenges to both public health and the
global economy; nevertheless, methods to combat them remain rudimentary, primarily due …

[HTML][HTML] Biophysical modeling of SARS-CoV-2 assembly: Genome condensation and budding

S Li, R Zandi - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) has spurred unprecedented and concerted worldwide research to curtail and …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation: the robust modulator of innate antiviral signaling and SARS-CoV-2 infection

Y Zheng, C Gao - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 has been a pandemic threat to human health and the worldwide economy, but
efficient treatments are still lacking. Type I and III interferons are essential for controlling viral …