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ArticleScience advances2026

Cooperativity and communication between the active sites of the dimeric SARS-CoV-2 main protease.

Sarah N Zvornicanin, Ala M Shaqra, Julia Flynn, Lauren E Intravaia, Heidi Carias Martinez, Weiping Jia, Devendra Kumar Gupta, Stephanie Moquin, Dustin Dovala, Daniel N Bolon and 3 more

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Article in Science advances, 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Sarah N ZvornicaninDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0282-1809
Ala M ShaqraDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6994-2416
Julia FlynnDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5490-393X
Lauren E IntravaiaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7126-2495
Heidi Carias MartinezBiomedical Research, Novartis, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-3788-8728
Weiping JiaBiomedical Research, Novartis, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA.
Devendra Kumar GuptaBiomedical Research, Novartis, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA.
Stephanie MoquinBiomedical Research, Novartis, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8696-4315
Dustin DovalaBiomedical Research, Novartis, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2278-5027
Daniel N BolonDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5857-6676
Brian A KelchDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1369-6989
Celia A SchifferDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2270-6613
Nese Kurt YilmazDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5036-676X

Funding

Defining and Avoiding Molecular Mechanisms of Drug ResistanceR35GM151996 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Celia A. Schiffer · 2024 to 2026
$1.5M
Structure-based Antiviral Design against HTLV-1 ProteaseF31AI179014 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ZVORNICANIN, SARAH N · 2023 to 2025
$77k
NIAID NIH HHS F31 AI179014NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM151996
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The coronaviral main protease (M

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Coronavirus 3C ProteasesSARS-CoV-2Catalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayHumansModels, MolecularMutationProtein BindingProtein MultimerizationCoronavirus 3C Proteases

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PMID41544157
PMCPMC12810614

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