ReviewRSC advances2023
Main and papain-like proteases as prospective targets for pharmacological treatment of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Review in RSC advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Inhibitors Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Papain-Like Protease: Screening, Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation.ChemMedChem · 2026Article
- COVID-19, the disease that changed the world.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2026Review
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- Integrated Exploration of Pyranocoumarin Derivatives as Synergistic Inhibitors of Dual-target for Mpro and PLpro Proteins of SARS-CoV- 2 through Molecular Docking, ADMET Analysis, and Molecular Dynamics Simulation.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Article
- Support Enzyme Loading Influences the Effect of Aldehyde Dextran Modification on the Specificity of Immobilized Ficin for Large Proteins.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Computational evaluation and benchmark study of 342 crystallographic holo-structures of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro enzyme.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Thiophene-fused γ-lactams inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 main proteaseChemical science · 2024Article
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Abstract
The pandemic caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 led to a global crisis in the world healthcare system. Despite some progress in the creation of antiviral vaccines and mass vaccination of the population, the number of patients continues to grow because of the spread of new SARS-CoV-2 mutations. There is an urgent need for direct-acting drugs capable of suppressing or stopping the main mechanisms of reproduction of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Several studies have shown that the successful replication of the virus in the cell requires proteolytic cleavage of the protein structures of the virus. Two proteases are crucial in replicating SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses: the main protease (Mpro) and the papain-like protease (PLpro). In this review, we summarize the essential viral proteins of SARS-CoV-2 required for its viral life cycle as targets for chemotherapy of coronavirus infection and provide a critical summary of the development of drugs against COVID-19 from the drug repurposing strategy up to the molecular design of novel covalent and non-covalent agents capable of inhibiting virus replication. We overview the main antiviral strategy and the choice of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro and PLpro proteases as promising targets for pharmacological impact on the coronavirus life cycle.
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