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ArticleBiochemical and biophysical research communications2022

Hotspot residues and resistance mutations in the nirmatrelvir-binding site of SARS-CoV-2 main protease: Design, identification, and correlation with globally circulating viral genomes.

Aditya K Padhi, Timir Tripathi

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Article in Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aditya K PadhiLaboratory for Computational Biology & Biomolecular Design, School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India. Electronic address: aditya.bce@iitbhu.ac.in.
Timir TripathiMolecular and Structural Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 793022, India; Regional Director's Office, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Regional Centre Kohima, Kenuozou, Kohima, 797001, India. Electronic address: timir.tripathi@gmail.com.
Indian Institute of Technology BHU · INNorth Eastern Hill University · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has acquired numerous variations in its intracellular proteins to adapt quickly, become more infectious, and ultimately develop drug resistance by mutating certain hotspot residues. To keep the emerging variants at bay, including Omicron and subvariants, FDA has approved the antiviral nirmatrelvir for mild-to-moderate and high-risk COVID-19 cases. Like other viruses, SARS-CoV-2 could acquire mutations in its main protease (M

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsBinding SitesCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCysteine EndopeptidasesGenome, ViralHumansMutationPandemicsProtease InhibitorsViral Nonstructural Proteins3C-like proteinase, SARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCysteine EndopeptidasesProtease InhibitorsViral Nonstructural ProteinsAdaptabilityMain proteaseNirmatrelvirProtein designResistance mutationsSARS-CoV-2Signatures of adaptation

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PMID36113178
PMCPMC9450486
OpenAlexW4295014386

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