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ReviewAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2024

Structural basis of paramyxo- and pneumovirus polymerase inhibition by non-nucleoside small-molecule antivirals.

Josef D Wolf, Michael R Sirrine, Robert M Cox, Richard K Plemper

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Review in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2024. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Structural insights into measles virus RNA synthesis regulation and pan-paramyxoviral polymerase inhibition by ERDRP-0519.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Josef D WolfCenter for Translational Antiviral Research, Georgia State University Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Michael R SirrineCenter for Translational Antiviral Research, Georgia State University Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Robert M CoxCenter for Translational Antiviral Research, Georgia State University Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Richard K PlemperCenter for Translational Antiviral Research, Georgia State University Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2034-2107

Funding

Project 6 - Development of Antivirals against AlphavirusesU19AI171403 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI George Robert Painter, Richard K. Plemper · 2022 to 2026
$59.7M
Identification and Pre-Clinical Evaluation of Measles Virus InhibitorsR01AI071002 · NIAID · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI PLEMPER, RICHARD K. · 2006 to 2022
$6.6M
Development of a Broad-Spectrum Inhibitor against Seasonal and Highly-Pathogenic Influenza VirusesR01AI141222 · NIAID · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI PLEMPER, RICHARD K. · 2019 to 2023
$5.0M
Polymerase Inhibitors of Respiratory Syncytial VirusR01AI153400 · NIAID · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI PLEMPER, RICHARD K. · 2020 to 2024
$3.7M
HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) AI171403, AI153400, AI141222, AI071002NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI071002NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI141222NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI153400NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI171403
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small-molecule antivirals can be used as chemical probes to stabilize transitory conformational stages of viral target proteins, facilitating structural analyses. Here, we evaluate allosteric pneumo- and paramyxovirus polymerase inhibitors that have the potential to serve as chemical probes and aid the structural characterization of short-lived intermediate conformations of the polymerase complex. Of multiple inhibitor classes evaluated, we discuss in-depth distinct scaffolds that were selected based on well-understood structure-activity relationships, insight into resistance profiles, biochemical characterization of the mechanism of action, and photoaffinity-based target mapping. Each class is thought to block structural rearrangements of polymerase domains albeit target sites and docking poses are distinct. This review highlights validated druggable targets in the paramyxo- and pneumovirus polymerase proteins and discusses discrete structural stages of the polymerase complexes required for bioactivity.

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Antiviral AgentsPneumovirusHumansRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseSmall Molecule LibrariesStructure-Activity RelationshipViral ProteinsAntiviral AgentsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseSmall Molecule LibrariesViral Proteinschemical probemeasles virusmononegaviralesparainfluenza virusparamyxoviruspneumoviruspolymerase inhibitorpolymerase structurerespiratory syncytial virusviral polymerase

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PMID39162479
PMCPMC11459973

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