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Attenuation of SARS‐CoV‐2 replication and associated inflammation by concomitant targeting of viral and host cap 2'‐O‐ribose methyltransferases
14 Jul 2022
Abstract excerpt
The SARS-CoV-2 infection cycle is a multistage process that relies on functional interactions between the host and the pathogen. Here, we repurposed antiviral drugs against both viral and host enzymes to pharmaceutically block methylation of the viral RNA 2'-O-ribose cap needed for viral immune escape. We find that the host cap 2'-O-ribose methyltransferase MTr1 can compensate for loss of viral NSP16...
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