Design of SARS-CoV-2 PLpro Inhibitors for COVID-19 Antiviral Therapy Leveraging Binding Cooperativity
作者:Zhengnan Shen、Kiira Ratia、Laura Cooper、Deyu Kong、Hyun Lee、Youngjin Kwon、Yangfeng Li、Saad Alqarni、Fei Huang、Oleksii Dubrovskyi、Lijun Rong、Gregory R. J. Thatcher、Rui Xiong
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01307
日期:2022.2.24
viral replication, also dysregulates host immune sensing by binding and deubiquitination of host protein substrates. PLpro is a promising therapeutic target, albeit challenging owing to featureless P1 and P2 sites recognizing glycine. To overcome this challenge, we leveraged the cooperativity of multiple shallow binding sites on the PLpro surface, yielding novel 2-phenylthiophenes with nanomolar inhibitory
A class of compounds that inhibit Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is disclosed, along with compositions containing the compound, and methods of using the composition for treating individuals infected with HCV.