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ArticleViruses2023

Search of Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors for the Main Protease of SARS-CoV-2.

Wenfa Zhang, Sheng-Xiang Lin

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Article in Viruses, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Wenfa ZhangAxe Molecular Endocrinology and Nephrology, CHU Research Center and Laval University, Québec City, QC G1 V 4G2, Canada.
Sheng-Xiang LinAxe Molecular Endocrinology and Nephrology, CHU Research Center and Laval University, Québec City, QC G1 V 4G2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9149-375X
Université Laval · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has prompted the necessity of efficient treatment strategies. The COVID-19 pandemic was caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Main protease (Mpro), also called 3-chymotrypsin-like protease (3CL protease), plays an essential role in cleaving virus polyproteins for the functional replication complex. Therefore, Mpro is a promising drug target for COVID-19 therapy. Through molecular modelling, docking and a protease activity assay, we found four novel inhibitors targeting Mpro with the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) and their binding affinities shown by the dissociation constants (K

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsHumansPandemicsPeptide HydrolasesAntiviral AgentsPeptide Hydrolasesinhibitor efficacyligand/protein interactionmolecular dockingprotease kinetics inhibitionSARS-CoV-2 main proteasetoxicity

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PMID36851795
PMCPMC9967108
OpenAlexW4321373143

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