Structure and function of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 main proteases and their inhibition: A comprehensive review

X Li, Y Song - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) identified in 2003
infected∼ 8000 people in 26 countries with 800 deaths, which was soon contained and …

Targeting SARS-CoV-2 entry processes: The promising potential and future of host-targeted small-molecule inhibitors

A Wu, K Shi, J Wang, R Zhang, Y Wang - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has had a huge impact on global health.
To respond to rapidly mutating viruses and to prepare for the next pandemic, there is an …

nCoVDock2: a docking server to predict the binding modes between COVID-19 targets and its potential ligands

K Liu, X Lu, H Shi, X Xu, R Kong… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The rapid emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with multi-sites mutations is considered as a
major obstacle for the development of drugs and vaccines. Although most of the functional …

Main and papain-like proteases as prospective targets for pharmacological treatment of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

LV Yevsieieva, KO Lohachova, A Kyrychenko… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The pandemic caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 led to a global crisis in the world
healthcare system. Despite some progress in the creation of antiviral vaccines and mass …

Design, synthesis, and structure-activity relationships of a novel class of quinazoline derivatives as coronavirus inhibitors

S Zhou, K Wang, Z Hu, T Chen, Y Dong, R Gao… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
There remain great unmet needs to treat coronavirus infections in clinic, and the
development of novel antiviral agents is highly demanded. In this work, a phenotypic …

Aprotinin—drug against respiratory diseases

AV Ivachtchenko, AA Ivashchenko, DO Shkil… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aprotinin (APR) was discovered in 1930. APR is an effective pan-protease inhibitor, a typical
“magic shotgun”. Until 2007, APR was widely used as an antithrombotic and anti …

Development of Fluorescence-Based Assays for Key Viral Proteins in the SARS-CoV-2 Infection Process and Lifecycle

M Deng, C Zhang, W Yan, L Chen, B He… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Since the appearance of SARS-CoV-2 in 2019, the ensuing COVID-19 (Corona Virus
Disease 2019) pandemic has posed a significant threat to the global public health system …

[HTML][HTML] Favipiravir vs. deferiprone: Tautomeric, photophysical, in vitro biological studies, and binding interactions with SARS-CoV-2-Mpro/ACE2

NT Tzvetkov, MI Peeva, MG Georgieva… - Current Research in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) still remains the most disastrous infection
continuously affecting millions of people worldwide. Herein, we performed a comparative …

Computer-aided drug design of novel nirmatrelvir analogs inhibiting main protease of Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

KO Lohachova, AS Sviatenko… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - japsonline.com
A computer-aided drug design of new derivatives of nirmatrelvir, an orally active inhibitor of
the main-protease (Mpro) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS …

Exploring binding mechanisms of omicron spike protein with dolutegravir and etravirine by molecular dynamics simulation, principal component analysis, and free …

SA Elseginy - Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic was caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, frequent mutations
occurred to the wild-type virus resulting in evolved new variants. The WHO classified the …