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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology2025

Crystallographic fragment screening against SARS-CoV-2 nonstructural protein 1 using the F2X-Entry Screen and a newly developed fragment library.

Frank Lennartz, Jan Wollenhaupt, Melanie Oelker, Paula Fröling, Uwe Mueller, Anke Deckers, Christoph Grathwol, Stefan Bräse, Nicole Jung, Manfred S Weiss

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Frank LennartzMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
Jan WollenhauptMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3418-5213
Melanie OelkerMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7301-8445
Paula FrölingMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
Uwe MuellerMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7139-0718
Anke DeckersInstitute of Biological and Chemical Systems-Functional Molecular Systems (IBCS-FMS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstrasse 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
Christoph GrathwolInstitute of Biological and Chemical Systems-Functional Molecular Systems (IBCS-FMS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstrasse 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
Stefan BräseInstitute of Biological and Chemical Systems-Functional Molecular Systems (IBCS-FMS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstrasse 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
Nicole JungInstitute of Biological and Chemical Systems-Functional Molecular Systems (IBCS-FMS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstrasse 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9513-2468
Manfred S WeissMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2362-7047

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 284178167Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft FISCOV
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Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to threaten global health. This underpins the need for novel therapeutics against this virus. Nonstructural protein 1 (Nsp1) of SARS-CoV-2 is a multifunctional protein with an essential role in viral replication. As such, it presents itself as an attractive target for drug discovery. Here, we describe two crystallographic fragment-screening campaigns against Nsp1, one using the established F2X-Entry Screen and one using a new, chemically and structurally diverse fragment library, which we call the KIT library. Together, 21 hits could be identified from 192 screened fragments, which constitutes the highest hit rate reported for Nsp1 to date. Many hits bind to a key functional region and interact with residues involved in cellular mRNA cleavage, ribosome binding and viral RNA recognition. Furthermore, most of the identified fragments share a common binding mode, providing promising starting points for further optimization into drug-like compounds that can disrupt the role of Nsp1 in viral replication.

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Antiviral AgentsSARS-CoV-2Small Molecule LibrariesViral Nonstructural ProteinsBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayDrug DiscoveryHumansModels, MolecularProtein BindingAntiviral AgentsORF1ab polyprotein, SARS-CoV-2Small Molecule LibrariesViral Nonstructural Proteinscrystallographic fragment screeningF2X-Entry Librarynonstructural protein 1SARS-CoV-2X-ray crystallography

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PMID41081353
PMCPMC12576848

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