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ArticleAntiviral research2022

Conserved coronavirus proteins as targets of broad-spectrum antivirals.

Cleber C Melo-Filho, Tesia Bobrowski, Holli-Joi Martin, Zoe Sessions, Konstantin I Popov, Nathaniel J Moorman, Ralph S Baric, Eugene N Muratov, Alexander Tropsha

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Article in Antiviral research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Cleber C Melo-FilhoLaboratory for Molecular Modeling, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Tesia BobrowskiLaboratory for Molecular Modeling, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Holli-Joi MartinLaboratory for Molecular Modeling, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Zoe SessionsLaboratory for Molecular Modeling, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Konstantin I PopovDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Nathaniel J MoormanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Ralph S BaricDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Eugene N MuratovLaboratory for Molecular Modeling, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA. Electronic address: murik@email.unc.edu.
Alexander TropshaLaboratory for Molecular Modeling, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA. Electronic address: alex_tropsha@unc.edu.

Funding

Research Project 1: Coronavirus antiviral lead development and combination testingU19AI171292 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BARIC, RALPH S, WILLSON, TIMOTHY M · 2022 to 2022
$65.5M
Determinants of Coronavirus Fidelity in Replication and PathogenesisR01AI108197 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BARIC, RALPH S, DENISON, MARK R · 2013 to 2022
$6.5M
Enabling the Accelerated Discovery of Novel Chemical Probes by Integration of Crystallographic, Computational, and Synthetic Chemistry ApproachesR01GM140154 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI TROPSHA, ALEXANDER, WILLSON, TIMOTHY M · 2021 to 2024
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI108197NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI171292NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM140154
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronaviruses are a class of single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses that have caused three major outbreaks over the past two decades: Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (MERS-CoV), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). All outbreaks have been associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In this study, we have identified and explored conserved binding sites in the key coronavirus proteins for the development of broad-spectrum direct acting anti-coronaviral compounds and validated the significance of this conservation for drug discovery with existing experimental data. We have identified four coronaviral proteins with highly conserved binding site sequence and 3D structure similarity: PL

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COVID-19Middle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronavirusAntiviral AgentsDrug DiscoveryHumansSARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsBroad-spectrum antiviralsCoronavirusesProtein conservationSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID35691424
PMCPMC9183392

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