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Kenana Al Adem

New York University Abu DhabiORCID 0000-0001-7849-3405Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1 Organism:virus· 1

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Adrian J. VillanuevaiD· 1 shared Juliana C. FerreiraiD· 1 shared Lara AlzyoudiD· 1 shared Mohammad A. GhattasiD· 1 shared Samar FadliD· 1 shared Wael M. RabehiD· 1 shared

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BiochemistryJournal of Biological ChemistryPeer-reviewedSep 27, 2024

Identification of Novel Allosteric Sites of SARS-CoV-2 Papain-Like Protease (PLpro) for the Development of COVID-19 Antivirals

Juliana C. Ferreira, Adrian J. Villanueva, Kenana Al Adem…·Wael M. Rabeh

This study identifies three potential allosteric sites on SARS-CoV-2 PLpro, evaluates their impact on proteolytic activity through alanine mutagenesis, and highlights Pockets 1 and 3 as promising targets for antiviral drug development.

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