From the global outbreak of SARS-CoV caused infection disease in 2003,coronaviruses(CoVs)are known to be a great threat to the human health.Recently,a new SARS-like coronavirus,human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012(HCoV-E...From the global outbreak of SARS-CoV caused infection disease in 2003,coronaviruses(CoVs)are known to be a great threat to the human health.Recently,a new SARS-like coronavirus,human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012(HCoV-EMC),has been identified and the appearance of this new CoV raises concerns that a new spread of CoV may occurs in the future.By solving the crystal structure of HCoV-EMC main protease with a wide-spectrum anti-CoV inhibitor N3,we confi rmed that that N3 blocks the function of HCoV-EMC main protease through a similar mechanism to other CoVs.Together with the good pharmaceutical features,N3 is conceivable to be effective to HCoV-EMC and other CoVs appearing in the future.These fi ndings make it convincing that CoVs will not be a threat to human health.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program(973 Program)National Natural Science Foundation of China.
文摘From the global outbreak of SARS-CoV caused infection disease in 2003,coronaviruses(CoVs)are known to be a great threat to the human health.Recently,a new SARS-like coronavirus,human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012(HCoV-EMC),has been identified and the appearance of this new CoV raises concerns that a new spread of CoV may occurs in the future.By solving the crystal structure of HCoV-EMC main protease with a wide-spectrum anti-CoV inhibitor N3,we confi rmed that that N3 blocks the function of HCoV-EMC main protease through a similar mechanism to other CoVs.Together with the good pharmaceutical features,N3 is conceivable to be effective to HCoV-EMC and other CoVs appearing in the future.These fi ndings make it convincing that CoVs will not be a threat to human health.
