Tag Archive for 'Protease'

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Image credit: NIAID-RML.

Existing FDA-Approved Drugs Could Help Fight COVID-19 Disease

Mar 26, 2020 by News Staff

Drugs that are already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could hold promise in fighting COVID-19, a respiratory disease caused by...

3D structure of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro, in two different views. One protomer of the dimer is shown in light blue, the other one in orange. Domains are labeled by Roman numbers. Amino-acid residues of the catalytic site are indicated as yellow and blue spheres, for Cys145 and His41, respectively. An asterisk marks a residue from protomer B (orange). Black spheres indicate the positions of Ala285 of each of the two domains III. Chain termini are labeled N and C for molecule A (light blue) and N* and C* for molecule B (orange). Image credit: Zhang et al, doi: 10.1126/science.abb3405.

Scientists Map 3D Structure of SARS-CoV-2’s Main Protease

Mar 20, 2020 by News Staff

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is a global health emergency. A team of researchers in Germany has figured out the structure...