Reconocimiento de sustratos y mecanismo de escisión de la proteasa de la viruela del mono, proteasa del núcleo

Yan Gao1,2, Xiong Xie3,4, Xiaoyu Zhang1,5

  • 1Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.

Nature
|April 22, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores aclararon la estructura de la proteasa del núcleo del virus mpox (CorePro), revelando un pliegue único de "pareja de baile". Esta visión estructural permitió el diseño de potentes inhibidores peptidomiméticos dirigidos a las infecciones por poxvirus.

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