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SUBMITTER: Ghosh AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2745596 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20080828 20
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of 5-chloropyridine ester-derived severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus chymotrypsin-like protease inhibitors is described. Position of the carboxylate functionality is critical to potency. Inhibitor 10 with a 5-chloropyridinyl ester at position 4 of the indole ring is the most potent inhibitor with a SARS-CoV 3CLpro IC(50) value of 30 nM and an antiviral EC(50) value of 6.9 microM. Molecular docking studies have provided possible b ...[more]