Iterative computational design and crystallographic screening identifies potent inhibitors targeting the Nsp3 macrodomain of SARS-CoV-2.
Gahbauer, S., Correy, G.J., Schuller, M., Ferla, M.P., Doruk, Y.U., Rachman, M., Wu, T., Diolaiti, M., Wang, S., Neitz, R.J., Fearon, D., Radchenko, D.S., Moroz, Y.S., Irwin, J.J., Renslo, A.R., Taylor, J.C., Gestwicki, J.E., von Delft, F., Ashworth, A., Ahel, I., Shoichet, B.K., Fraser, J.S.(2023) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 120: e2212931120-e2212931120
- PubMed: 36598939 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2212931120
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5SOI, 5SOJ, 5SOK, 5SOL, 5SOM, 5SON, 5SOO, 5SOP, 5SOQ, 5SOR, 5SOS, 5SOT, 5SOU, 5SOV, 5SOW, 5SOX, 5SOY, 5SOZ, 5SP0, 5SP1, 5SP2, 5SP3, 5SP4, 5SP6, 5SP7, 5SP8, 5SP9, 5SPA, 5SPB, 5SPC, 5SPD, 5SPE, 5SPF, 5SPG, 5SPH, 5SPI, 5SPJ, 5SPK, 5SPL, 5SPM, 5SPN, 5SPO, 5SPP, 5SPQ, 5SPR, 5SPS, 5SPT, 5SPU, 5SPV, 5SPW - PubMed Abstract: 
The nonstructural protein 3 (NSP3) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) contains a conserved macrodomain enzyme (Mac1) that is critical for pathogenesis and lethality. While small-molecule inhibitors of Mac1 have great therapeutic potential, at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no well-validated inhibitors for this protein nor, indeed, the macrodomain enzyme family, making this target a pharmacological orphan ...