Identification of a Potent Pan-Coronaviral Main Protease Inhibitor

Pu Chen, Ulrike Strunk, Elena Arutyunova, Jimmy Lu, Sizhu Amelia Chen, Sydney Demmon, Cassidy Maplethorpe, Appan Srinivas Kandadai, Justin Shields, Holly A. Saffran, Tess Lamer, Conrad Fischer, Tayla J. Van Oers, Zoe Turner, Parco Leong, Jegan Iyyathurai, Howard S. Young, Bing Bai, John C. Vederas, James A. Nieman, Michael A. Joyce, D. Lorne Tyrrell, M. Joanne Lemieux

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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c00645
Published: 2026-07-16
Container: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
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@article{allodium:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c00645,
  title = {Identification
of a Potent Pan-Coronaviral Main Protease
Inhibitor},
  author = {Pu Chen and Ulrike Strunk and Elena Arutyunova and Jimmy Lu and Sizhu Amelia Chen and Sydney Demmon and Cassidy Maplethorpe and Appan Srinivas Kandadai and Justin Shields and Holly A. Saffran and Tess Lamer and Conrad Fischer and Tayla J. Van Oers and Zoe Turner and Parco Leong and Jegan Iyyathurai and Howard S. Young and Bing Bai and John C. Vederas and James A. Nieman and Michael A. Joyce and D. Lorne Tyrrell and M. Joanne Lemieux},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Journal of Medicinal Chemistry},
  doi = {10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c00645},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c00645}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Identification
of a Potent Pan-Coronaviral Main Protease
Inhibitor
AU  - Pu Chen
AU  - Ulrike Strunk
AU  - Elena Arutyunova
AU  - Jimmy Lu
AU  - Sizhu Amelia Chen
AU  - Sydney Demmon
AU  - Cassidy Maplethorpe
AU  - Appan Srinivas Kandadai
AU  - Justin Shields
AU  - Holly A. Saffran
AU  - Tess Lamer
AU  - Conrad Fischer
AU  - Tayla J. Van Oers
AU  - Zoe Turner
AU  - Parco Leong
AU  - Jegan Iyyathurai
AU  - Howard S. Young
AU  - Bing Bai
AU  - John C. Vederas
AU  - James A. Nieman
AU  - Michael A. Joyce
AU  - D. Lorne Tyrrell
AU  - M. Joanne Lemieux
PY  - 2026
JO  - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
DO  - 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c00645
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c00645
ER  -

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Chen, P., Strunk, U., Arutyunova, E., Lu, J., Chen, S. A., Demmon, S., Maplethorpe, C., Kandadai, A. S., Shields, J., Saffran, H. A., Lamer, T., Fischer, C., Oers, T. J. V., Turner, Z., Leong, P., Iyyathurai, J., Young, H. S., Bai, B., Vederas, J. C., Nieman, J. A., Joyce, M. A., Tyrrell, D. L., & Lemieux, M. J. (2026). Identification of a Potent Pan-Coronaviral Main Protease Inhibitor. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c00645

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