Calpeptin is a potent cathepsin inhibitor and drug candidate for SARS-CoV-2 infections

Calpeptin is a potent cathepsin inhibitor and drug candidate for SARS-CoV-2 infections

Abstract Several drug screening campaigns identified Calpeptin as a drug candidate against SARS-CoV-2. Initially reported to target the viral main protease (Mpro), its moderate activity in Mpro inhibition assays hints at a second target. Indeed, we show that Calpeptin is an extremely potent cysteine...

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Main Authors: Patrick Y. A. Reinke, Edmarcia Elisa de Souza, Sebastian Günther, Sven Falke, Julia Lieske, Wiebke Ewert, Jure Loboda, Alexander Herrmann, Aida Rahmani Mashhour, Katarina Karničar, Aleksandra Usenik, Nataša Lindič, Andreja Sekirnik, Viviane Fongaro Botosso, Gláucia Maria Machado Santelli, Josana Kapronezai, Marcelo Valdemir de Araújo, Taiana Tainá Silva-Pereira, Antônio Francisco de Souza Filho, Mariana Silva Tavares, Lizdany Flórez-Álvarez, Danielle Bruna Leal de Oliveira, Edison Luiz Durigon, Paula Roberta Giaretta, Marcos Bryan Heinemann, Maurice Hauser, Brandon Seychell, Hendrik Böhler, Wioletta Rut, Marcin Drag, Tobias Beck, Russell Cox, Henry N. Chapman, Christian Betzel, Wolfgang Brehm, Winfried Hinrichs, Gregor Ebert, Sharissa L. Latham, Ana Marcia de Sá Guimarães, Dusan Turk, Carsten Wrenger, Alke Meents
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-10-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05317-9

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