アロステル阻害剤,結晶学,および比較分析は,ヒトヘルペスウイルスプロテアゼの間で協調された移動のネットワークを明らかにする

Timothy M Acker1, Jonathan E Gable1, Markus-Frederik Bohn1

  • 1Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California , San Francisco, California 94158, United States.

まとめ

この研究は,小さな分子がカポシのサルコマに関連したヘルペスウイルスプロテアスを,暗号的部位を標的として抑制する方法を明らかにしています. このアプローチは,関連するヘルペスウイルスに対する抗ウイルス薬の開発の新しい戦略を提供します.

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