BiochemistrybioRxivPreprint
The 2'-endo conformation of arabinose-CTP and arabinose-UTP inhibit viral polymerases by inducing long pauses.
Ziyang Xiao, Arnab Das, Abha Jain…·Robert N. Kirchdoerfer
This study shows that arabinose nucleotides inhibit SARS-CoV-2 and poliovirus polymerases by causing long pauses due to the 2'-endo conformation of the incorporated nucleotides.
DOI 10.1101/2025.08.26.672356