Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Structural and functional characterization of NEMO cleavage by SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro

  • Mikhail A. Hameedi,
  • Erica T. Prates,
  • Michael R. Garvin,
  • Irimpan I. Mathews,
  • B. Kirtley Amos,
  • Omar Demerdash,
  • Mark Bechthold,
  • Mamta Iyer,
  • Simin Rahighi,
  • Daniel W. Kneller,
  • Andrey Kovalevsky,
  • Stephan Irle,
  • Van-Quan Vuong,
  • Julie C. Mitchell,
  • Audrey Labbe,
  • Stephanie Galanie,
  • Soichi Wakatsuki,
  • Daniel Jacobson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32922-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The authors report crystallographic and computational studies that detail how SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro cleaves the host NF-κB Essential Modulator in addition to its canonical viral substrates. The association with the high fitness of SARS-CoV-2 in humans is discussed.