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Interface-based design of the favipiravir-binding site in SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase reveals mutations conferring resistance to chain termination.
FEBS letters - 1 Sept 2021
Padhi Aditya K, Dandapat Jagneshwar, Saudagar Prakash, Uversky Vladimir N, Tripathi Timir
Abstract excerpt
Favipiravir is a broad-spectrum inhibitor of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) currently being used to manage COVID-19. Accumulation of mutations in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RdRp may facilitate antigenic drift, generating favipiravir resistance. Focussing on the chain-termination mechanism utilized by favipiravir, we used high-throughput interface-based protein design...
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