Production of authentic SARS-CoV M(pro) with enhanced activity: application as a novel tag-cleavage endopeptidase for protein overproduction
Xue, X., Yang, H., Shen, W., Zhao, Q., Li, J., Yang, K., Chen, C., Jin, Y., Bartlam, M., Rao, Z.(2007) J Mol Biol 366: 965-975
- PubMed: 17189639 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.11.073
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2HOB, 2H2Z - PubMed Abstract: 
The viral proteases have proven to be the most selective and useful for removing the fusion tags in fusion protein expression systems. As a key enzyme in the viral life-cycle, the main protease (M(pro)) is most attractive for drug design targeting th ...