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SUBMITTER: Platis D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1609911 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Platis Dimitris D Smith Brian J BJ Huyton Trevor T Labrou Nikolaos E NE
The Biochemical journal 20061001 2
Influenza NA (neuraminidase) is an antiviral target of high pharmaceutical interest because of its essential role in cleaving sialic acid residues from cell surface glycoproteins and facilitating release of virions from infected cells. The present paper describes the use of structural information in the progressive design from a lead binding ion (a sulfate) to a potent submicromolor inhibitor (K(i) 0.13 microM). Structural information derived from the X-ray structure of an NA complexed with seve ...[more]