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SARS-CoV-2 methyltransferases as druggable targets
Kocek, Hugo ; Nencka, Radim (advisor) ; Bouřa, Evžen (referee)
Novel coronavirus (earlier referred to as "nCoV2019") became part of our lives in March 2020 and overnight turned everything upside-down. This virus is transmitted via respiratory droplets and causes respiratory diseases COVID-19 which can be severe and even fatal. So far, no effective treatment has been discovered and vaccination is our biggest hope thanks to its high efficacy. It is important to point out, that new mutations may possess problems and escape immunity induced by the vaccination. During the whole pandemic, many approved drugs were tested against SARS-CoV-2 (for example favipiravir, toremifene, and hydroxychloroquine) but none of those drugs showed to be effective against SARS-CoV-2 in clinical trials. The only approved antiviral drug is nucleotide analog remdesivir which showed significant efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 in clinical trials. However, timing and overall patient's health condition play a key role. Development of new antiviral drugs is necessary given the fact that this is the third time we face coronavirus with the potential to cause pandemic since the beginning of the 21st century. Therefore, it is likely that another new coronavirus will emerge. This thesis focuses on S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferases nsp14 and nsp16 from SARS-CoV-2 because they play a key...

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