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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2025

Large Library Docking and Biophysical Analysis of Small-Molecule TMPRSS2 Inhibitors.

Bryan J Fraser, Nicholas J Young, Brian J Bender, Stefan Gahbauer, Olzhas Ilyassov, Ryan P Wilson, Yanjun Li, Almagul Seitova, André Luiz Lourenço, Dong Hee Chung and 5 more

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Bryan J FraserStructural Genomics Consortium Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6398-106X
Nicholas J YoungDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States.
Brian J BenderDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9251-9480
Stefan GahbauerDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States.
Olzhas IlyassovStructural Genomics Consortium Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
Ryan P WilsonStructural Genomics Consortium Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
Yanjun LiStructural Genomics Consortium Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
Almagul SeitovaStructural Genomics Consortium Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
André Luiz LourençoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States.
Dong Hee ChungDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States.
Conner BardineDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States.
François BénardBritish Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 0B4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7995-3581
Brian K ShoichetDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6098-7367
Charles S CraikDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7704-9185
Cheryl H ArrowsmithStructural Genomics Consortium Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4971-3250

Funding

Research Project 1: Coronavirus antiviral lead development and combination testingU19AI171292 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HEISE, MARK T · 2022 to 2022
$65.5M
Development and Testing of New Computational Methods for Ligand Discovery and MechanismR35GM122481 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Brian K Shoichet · 2017 to 2026
$8.5M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI171292NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122481Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transmembrane protease serine-2 (TMPRSS2) is an essential host entry factor in human airways for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A/B and has presented as a target for antiviral drug development; however, no clinically viable oral small-molecule TMPRSS2 inhibitors have been developed to date. Here, we perform two large-scale docking campaigns to identify covalent and noncovalent TMPRSS2 small-molecule inhibitors using a homology model and crystal structure. We establish a pipeline to rapidly screen TMPRSS2 inhibitors and then interrogate the potency, selectivity, and biophysical properties of covalent and noncovalent inhibition using enzyme kinetics on synthetic peptide and protein substrates and differential scanning fluorimetry. Furthermore, we established a readily crystallizable form of TMPRSS2 protein that produced high-resolution crystal structures with

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Antiviral AgentsSerine EndopeptidasesSerine Proteinase InhibitorsSmall Molecule LibrariesBenzamidinesCrystallography, X-RayGuanidineGuanidinesHumansMolecular Docking SimulationSARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsBenzamidinesGuanidineGuanidinesnafamostatSerine EndopeptidasesSerine Proteinase InhibitorsSmall Molecule LibrariesTMPRSS2 protein, human

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PMID40973081
PMCPMC12517325

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