Journal articleAuthors : Verissimo, Carolina De Marco (2023)
During the SARS-CoV-2 intracellular life-cycle, two large polyproteins, pp1a and pp1ab, are 29 produced. Processing of these by viral cysteine proteases, the papain-like protease (PLpro) and 30 the chymotrypsin-like 3C-like protease (3CL-pro) release non-structural proteins necessary for 31 the establishment of the viral replication and transcription complex (RTC), crucial for viral 32 replication. Hence, these proteases are considered prime targets against which anti-COVID-19...