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ArticleNature communications2025

Identification of naturally occurring drug-resistant mutations of SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease.

Haozhou Tan, Qianru Zhang, Kyriakos Georgiou, Siyu Zhang, Kan Li, George Lambrinidis, Antonios Kolocouris, Xufang Deng, Jun Wang

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 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.

Haozhou Tan *Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Qianru Zhang *Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
Kyriakos GeorgiouLaboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Section of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Siyu ZhangDepartment of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
Kan LiDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Brunswick, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0825-1934
George LambrinidisLaboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Section of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Antonios KolocourisLaboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Section of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6110-1903
Xufang DengDepartment of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA. xufang.deng@okstate.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7604-3627
Jun WangDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Brunswick, NJ, USA. junwang@pharmacy.rutgers.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4845-4621

Funding

Rutgers Optimizes Innovation (ROI) ProgramU01HL150852 · NHLBI · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL/HEALTH SCIENCES-RBHS · PI LIBUTTI, STEVEN K., PANETTIERI, REYNOLD ALEXANDER · 2019 to 2022
$4.4M
Development of dual inhibitors targeting the viral main protease and the host cathepsin L as SARS-CoV-2 antiviralsR01AI158775 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Jun Wang · 2021 to 2026
$3.6M
National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI) U01HL150852NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL150852NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI158775U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R01AI158775
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease (PL

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Coronavirus 3C ProteasesCoronavirus Papain-Like ProteasesDrug Resistance, ViralMutationSARS-CoV-2AnimalsAntiviral AgentsBinding SitesCOVID-19HumansHydrogen BondingMolecular Dynamics SimulationAntiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCoronavirus Papain-Like Proteasespapain-like protease, SARS-CoV-2

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PMID40379662
PMCPMC12084387

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