Discovery of potent inhibitors of PL pro CoV2 by screening a library of selenium-containing compounds
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Abstract
A collection of twelve organoselenium compounds, structural analogues of antioxidant drug ebselen were screened for inhibition of the papain-like protease (PL pro ) from the acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, CoV2). This cysteine protease, being responsible for the hydrolysis of peptide bonds between specific amino acids, plays a critical role in CoV2 replication and in assembly of new viral particles within human cells. The activity of the PL pro CoV2 is essential for the progression of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and it constitutes a key target for the development of anti-COVID-19 drugs. Here, we identified four strong inhibitors that bind favorably to the PL pro CoV2 with the IC 50 in the nanomolar range.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.05.20.107052: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar …
SciScore for 10.1101/2020.05.20.107052: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
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