Summary for 9CYC
| Entry DOI | 10.2210/pdb9cyc/pdb |
| Descriptor | Papain-like protease, (E)-1-[(3R)-1-cyclopentylpiperidin-3-yl]-N-methoxy-1-(6-methoxynaphthalen-2-yl)methanimine, ACETIC ACID, ... (5 entities in total) |
| Functional Keywords | sars cov-2, papain-like protease, covid19, inhibitor, hydrolase, hydrolase-hydrolase inhibitor complex, hydrolase/hydrolase inhibitor |
| Biological source | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
| Total number of polymer chains | 2 |
| Total formula weight | 73076.86 |
| Authors | Calleja, D.J.,Lechtenberg, B.C.,Kuchel, N.W.,Devine, S.M.,Bader, S.M.,Doerflinger, M.,Mitchel, J.P.,Lessene, G.,Komander, D. (deposition date: 2024-08-01, release date: 2025-04-09, Last modification date: 2025-04-16) |
| Primary citation | M Bader, S.,Calleja, D.J.,Devine, S.M.,Kuchel, N.W.,Lu, B.G.C.,Wu, X.,Birkinshaw, R.W.,Bhandari, R.,Loi, K.,Volpe, R.,Khakham, Y.,Au, A.E.,Blackmore, T.R.,Mackiewicz, L.,Dayton, M.,Schaefer, J.,Scherer, L.,Stock, A.T.,Cooney, J.P.,Schoffer, K.,Maluenda, A.,Kleeman, E.A.,Davidson, K.C.,Allison, C.C.,Ebert, G.,Chen, G.,Katneni, K.,Klemm, T.A.,Nachbur, U.,Georgy, S.R.,Czabotar, P.E.,Hannan, A.J.,Putoczki, T.L.,Tanzer, M.,Pellegrini, M.,Lechtenberg, B.C.,Charman, S.A.,Call, M.J.,Mitchell, J.P.,Lowes, K.N.,Lessene, G.,Doerflinger, M.,Komander, D. A novel PLpro inhibitor improves outcomes in a pre-clinical model of long COVID. Nat Commun, 16:2900-2900, 2025 Cited by PubMed Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has highlighted the vulnerability of a globally connected population to zoonotic viruses. The FDA-approved coronavirus antiviral Paxlovid targets the essential SARS-CoV-2 main protease, Mpro. Whilst effective in the acute phase of a COVID infection, Paxlovid cannot be used by all patients, can lead to viral recurrence, and does not protect against post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), commonly known as long COVID, an emerging significant health burden that remains poorly understood and untreated. Alternative antivirals that are addressing broader patient needs are urgently required. We here report our drug discovery efforts to target PLpro, a further essential coronaviral protease, for which we report a novel chemical scaffold that targets SARS-CoV-2 PLpro with low nanomolar activity, and which exhibits activity against PLpro of other pathogenic coronaviruses. Our lead compound shows excellent in vivo efficacy in a mouse model of severe acute disease. Importantly, our mouse model recapitulates long-term pathologies matching closely those seen in PASC patients. Our lead compound offers protection against a range of PASC symptoms in this model, prevents lung pathology and reduces brain dysfunction. This provides proof-of-principle that PLpro inhibition may have clinical relevance for PASC prevention and treatment going forward. PubMed: 40180914DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57905-4 PDB entries with the same primary citation |
| Experimental method | X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.01 Å) |
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