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The development of antiviral drugs against the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) responsible for the recent Covid-19 pandemic is crucial, as treatment options remain limited and vaccination does not prevent (re)infection. Two relatively underexplored targets of this virus are the 3'-5' exoribonuclease (ExoN) and the 2'-O-methyltransferase (2'-O-MTase), both essential for viral viability. The non-structural proteins Nsp14 and Nsp16 exhibit enzymatic activities for ExoN and 2'-O-MTase, respectively, especially when in complex with their co-factor protein Nsp10. The study focuses on the use of target-directed dynamic combinatorial chemistry (tdDCC) to identify binders of Nsp10, aiming to disturb the protein-protein interactions (PPI) involving Nsp10-Nsp14, as well as Nsp10-Nsp16. We synthesised the hits and evaluated them to assess Nsp10 affinity, ExoN and 2'-O-MTase activities inhibition, and antiviral activity in hCoV-229E and SARS-CoV-2-infected whole-cell settings. This study reports a novel class of ExoN and/or 2'-O-MTase inhibitors exhibiting antiviral activity against coronaviruses.
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