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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2020

Unusual zwitterionic catalytic site of SARS-CoV-2 main protease revealed by neutron crystallography.

Daniel W Kneller, Gwyndalyn Phillips, Kevin L Weiss, Swati Pant, Qiu Zhang, Hugh M O'Neill, Leighton Coates, Andrey Kovalevsky

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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74citing papers in PubMed
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

74 citing papers in PubMed, 134 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel W KnellerNeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA; National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory, United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA.
Gwyndalyn PhillipsNeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA; National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory, United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA.
Kevin L WeissNeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA; National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory, United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA.
Swati PantNeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA; National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory, United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA.
Qiu ZhangNeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA; National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory, United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA.
Hugh M O'NeillNeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA; National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory, United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA.
Leighton CoatesNeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA; National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory, United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA; Second Target Station, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. Electronic address: coatesl@ornl.gov.
Andrey KovalevskyNeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA; National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory, United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA. Electronic address: kovalevskyay@ornl.gov.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main protease (3CL M

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Models, MolecularNeutronsCatalytic DomainCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCrystallography, X-RaySARS-CoV-23C-like protease, SARS coronavirusCoronavirus 3C Proteases3CL main protease3CL Mprodrug designenzyme mechanismhydrogen bondjoint neutronneutron diffractionprotonation stateroom temperatureSARS–CoV-2SARS–CoV-2 3CL main proteaseviral proteaseX-ray crystallography

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PMID33060199
PMCPMC7832724
OpenAlexW3093152392

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