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Entry Detail
PDB ID:
7OFT
Keywords:
Title:
Structure of SARS-CoV-2 Papain-like protease PLpro in complex with p-hydroxybenzaldehyde
Biological Source:
PDB Version:
Deposition Date:
2021-05-05
Release Date:
2021-05-12
Method Details:
Experimental Method:
Resolution:
1.95 Å
R-Value Free:
0.21
R-Value Work:
0.18
R-Value Observed:
0.18
Space Group:
P 32 2 1
Macromolecular Entities
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Description:Papain-like protease nsp3
Chain IDs:A
Chain Length:315
Number of Molecules:1
Biological Source:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Primary Citation

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SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease (PLpro) covers multiple functions. Beside the cysteine-protease activity, facilitating cleavage of the viral polypeptide chain, PLpro has the additional and vital function of removing ubiquitin and ISG15 (Interferon-stimulated gene 15) from host-cell proteins to support coronaviruses in evading the host's innate immune responses. We identified three phenolic compounds bound to PLpro, preventing essential molecular interactions to ISG15 by screening a natural compound library. The compounds identified by X-ray screening and complexed to PLpro demonstrate clear inhibition of PLpro in a deISGylation activity assay. Two compounds exhibit distinct antiviral activity in Vero cell line assays and one inhibited a cytopathic effect in non-cytotoxic concentration ranges. In the context of increasing PLpro mutations in the evolving new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the natural compounds we identified may also reinstate the antiviral immune response processes of the host that are down-regulated in COVID-19 infections.

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