Direct Observation of Protonation State Modulation in SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease upon Inhibitor Binding with Neutron Crystallography.
Kneller, D.W., Phillips, G., Weiss, K.L., Zhang, Q., Coates, L., Kovalevsky, A.(2021) J Med Chem 64: 4991-5000
- PubMed: 33755450 
- DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00058
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
7LB7 - PubMed Abstract: 
The main protease (3CL M pro ) from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, is an essential enzyme for viral replication with no human counterpart, making it an attractive drug target. To date, no small-molecule clinical drugs are available that specifically inhibit SARS-CoV-2 M pro ...