Crystallographic fragment screening and deep mutational scanning of Zika virus NS2B-NS3 protease enable development of resistance-resilient inhibitors
Xiaomin Ni, R. Blake Richardson, Andre Schutzer Godoy, Matteo Paolo Ferla, Caroline Kikawa, Jenke Scheen, William W. Hannon, Eda Çapkın, Noa Lahav, Blake H. Balcomb, Peter George Marples, M. Fairhead, Si-Yi Wang, Eleanor Williams, Charles W.E. Tomlinson, , F. von Delft
The paper identifies fragment binders and mutationally intolerant sites in Zika virus NS2B-NS3 protease to develop resistance-resilient antiviral inhibitors.
Nature Communications · Oct 8, 2025Peer-reviewedBiochemistry