Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

GCG inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication by disrupting the liquid phase condensation of its nucleocapsid protein

  • Ming Zhao,
  • Yu Yu,
  • Li-Ming Sun,
  • Jia-Qing Xing,
  • Tingting Li,
  • Yunkai Zhu,
  • Miao Wang,
  • Yin Yu,
  • Wen Xue,
  • Tian Xia,
  • Hong Cai,
  • Qiu-Ying Han,
  • Xiaoyao Yin,
  • Wei-Hua Li,
  • Ai-Ling Li,
  • Jiuwei Cui,
  • Zhenghong Yuan,
  • Rong Zhang,
  • Tao Zhou,
  • Xue-Min Zhang,
  • Tao Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22297-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Coronavirus nucleocapsid (N) protein is important for viral genome packaging and virion assembly. Here the authors show that natural chemical (-)-gallocatechin gallate (GCG) disrupts the liquid–liquid phase separation of N and inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication.