Potent and selective covalent inhibition of the papain-like protease from SARS-CoV-2

The development of direct-acting antivirals to combat COVID-19 remains an important goal. Here the authors design covalent inhibitors that target the papain-like protease from SARS-CoV-2. The most promising inhibitor blocks viral replication in mammalian cells.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brian C. Sanders, Suman Pokhrel, Audrey D. Labbe, Irimpan I. Mathews, Connor J. Cooper, Russell B. Davidson, Gwyndalyn Phillips, Kevin L. Weiss, Qiu Zhang, Hugh O’Neill, Manat Kaur, Jurgen G. Schmidt, Walter Reichard, Surekha Surendranathan, Jyothi Parvathareddy, Lexi Phillips, Christopher Rainville, David E. Sterner, Desigan Kumaran, Babak Andi, Gyorgy Babnigg, Nigel W. Moriarty, Paul D. Adams, Andrzej Joachimiak, Brett L. Hurst, Suresh Kumar, Tauseef R. Butt, Colleen B. Jonsson, Lori Ferrins, Soichi Wakatsuki, Stephanie Galanie, Martha S. Head, Jerry M. Parks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37254-w