Design and synthesis of peptidomimetic severe acute respiratory syndrome chymotrypsin-like protease inhibitors.
Ghosh, A.K., Xi, K., Ratia, K., Santarsiero, B.D., Fu, W., Harcourt, B.H., Rota, P.A., Baker, S.C., Johnson, M.E., Mesecar, A.D.(2005) J Med Chem 48: 6767-6771
- PubMed: 16250632 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jm050548m
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2ALV - PubMed Abstract: 
Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of peptidomimetic severe acute respiratory syndrome chymotrypsin-like protease (SARS-3CLpro) inhibitors for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) are described. These inhibitors exhibited antiviral activity against SARS-CoV in infected cells in the micromolar range. An X-ray crystal structure of our lead inhibitor (4) bound to SARS-3CLpro provided important drug-design templates for the design of small-molecule inhibitors.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Departments of Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. akghosh@purdue.edu