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Coronavirus protein interaction mapping in bat and human cells identifies molecular and genetic switches for immune evasion and replication

Batra J, Rutkowska M, Zhou Y, Ye C, Adavikolanu R, Young JM, Anand D, Verma S, Gordon M, Malpotra S, Cupic A, Kehrer T, Moen JM, Winters DM, Rojc A, Mena I, Aslam S, Martinez-Romero C, Conde Viñas I, Khalil Z, Farrugia K, Banerjee A, Tussia-Cohen D, Santos MD, Maji S, Muralidharan M, Foussard H, Chen IP, Fuchs R, Felipe CS, Zuliani-Alvarez L, Choudhury P, Obernier K, Gracias S, Suryawanshi R, Ibáñez C, Juste J, Pache L, Taha TY, Jouvenet N, Verba KA, Fraser JS, Demeret C, Stroud RM, van Bakel H, Ott M, Hagai T, Polacco B, Swaney DL, Echeverria I, Bouhaddou M, Eckhardt M, Malik HS, Martinez-Sobrido L, Miorin L, García-Sastre A, Krogan NJ.

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jul 28:2025.07.26.666918. doi: 10.1101/2025.07.26.666918. PMID: 40766693; PMCID: PMC12324264.

Structure-based discovery of highly bioavailable, covalent, broad-spectrum coronavirus MPro inhibitors with potent in vivo efficacy

Detomasi TC, Degotte G, Huang S, Suryawanshi RK, Diallo A, Lizzadro L, Zapatero-Belinchón FJ, Taha TY, Li J, Richards AL, Hantz ER, Alam Z, Montano M, McCavitt-Malvido M, Gumpena R, Partridge JR, Correy GJ, Matsui Y, Charvat AF, Glenn IS, Rosecrans J, Revalde JL, Anderson D, Hultquist JF, Arkin MR, Neitz RJ, Swaney DL, Krogan NJ, Shoichet BK, Verba KA, Ott M, Renslo AR, Craik CS.

 

2025 Apr 25;11(17):eadt7836. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adt7836. Epub 2025 Apr 23. PMID: 40267184; PMCID: PMC12017303.

Enhanced RNA replication and pathogenesis in recent SARS-CoV-2 variants harboring the L260F mutation in NSP6

Taha TY, Ezzatpour S, Hayashi JM, Ye C, Zapatero-Belinchón FJ, Rosecrans JA, Kimmerly GR, Chen IP, Walcott K, Kurianowicz A, Jorgens DM, Chaplin NR, Choi A, Buchholz DW, Sahler J, Hilt ZT, Imbiakha B, Vagi-Szmola C, Montano M, Stevenson E, Gordon M, Swaney DL, Krogan NJ, Whittaker GR, Martinez-Sobrido L, Aguilar HC, Ott M.

2025 Mar 31;21(3):e1013020. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013020. PMID: 40163530; PMCID: PMC11981139.