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ArticleJournal of inorganic biochemistry2020

Structural stability of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease: Can metal ions affect function?

John J Kozak, Harry B Gray, Roberto A Garza-López

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Article in Journal of inorganic biochemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. A SARS-CoV-2 -human metalloproteome interaction map.Journal of inorganic biochemistry · 2021
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  14. Conjecture on the Design of Helical Proteins.The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2020
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  15. Copper(II) Inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease.ChemRxiv : the preprint server for chemistry · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

John J KozakDepartment of Chemistry, DePaul University, Chicago, IL 60604-6116, United States of America.
Harry B GrayBeckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States of America.
Roberto A Garza-LópezDepartment of Chemistry, Seaver Chemistry Laboratory, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711, United States of America. Electronic address: rgarza@pomona.edu.
California Institute of Technology · USDePaul University · USPomona College · US

Funding

Resource for Biocomputing Visualization and InformaticsP41GM103311 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FERRIN, THOMAS E · 2012 to 2017
$8.2M
ELECTRON-TRANSFER PROCESSES IN IRON AND COPPER PROTEINSR01DK019038 · NIDDK · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GRAY, HARRY B, WINKLER, JAY R · 1986 to 2023
$7.0M
ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESSES IN IRON AND COPPER PROTEINSR37DK019038 · NIDDK · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GRAY, HARRY B · 1996 to 2003
$1.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK019038NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK019038NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have investigated the structural stability of the SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome)-CoV-2 main protease monomer (Mpro). We quantified the spatial and angular changes in the structure using two independent analyses, one based on a spatial metrics (δ, ratio), the second on angular metrics. The order of unfolding of the 10 helices in Mpro is characterized by beta vs alpha plots similar to those of cytochromes and globins. The longest turning region is anomalous in the earliest stage of unfolding. In an investigation of excluded-volume effects, we found that the maximum spread in average molecular-volume values for Mpro, cytochrome c-b

Indexed as

CobaltCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCysteineHistidineProtease InhibitorsProtein BindingProtein StabilityProtein UnfoldingSARS-CoV-23C-like proteinase, SARS-CoV-2CobaltCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCysteineHistidineProtease Inhibitors

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PMID32736274
PMCPMC7365078
OpenAlexW3043210947

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