Structural basis for repurposing a 100-years-old drug suramin for treating COVID-19
Wanchao Yin, Xiaodong Luan, Zhihai Li, Leike Zhang, Ziwei Zhou, Minqi Gao, Xiaoxi Wang, Fulai Zhou, Jingjing Shi, Erli You, Mingliang Liu, Qingxia Wang, Qingxing Wang, Yi Jiang, Hualiang Jiang, , H. Eric Xu
The paper discovers suramin as a potent inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 RNA polymerase and provides its structural mechanism for repurposing in treating COVID-19.
bioRxiv · Oct 6, 2020 · PreprintMolecular Biology