Discovery and mechanism of action of Thonzonium bromide from an FDA-approved drug library with potent and broad-spectrum inhibitory activity against main proteases of human coronaviruses
Ruyu Wang, Guanglei Zhai, Guanghao Zhu, Mengge Wang, Xiaoyi Gong, Weidong Zhang, Guang‐Bo Ge, Hongzhuan Chen, Lili Chen
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ChemistryProteasesIC50CoronavirusEnzymeProteaseCysteine proteaseActive siteDocking (animal)DrugMechanism of actionBiochemistryDrug discoveryStereochemistryPharmacologyIn vitroCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)BiologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyDiseaseNursingMedicineSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchComputational Drug Discovery MethodsCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies