X‑ray Crystallography-Guided Design and Synthesis of Cyclopentyl Heteroaryl Carboxylic Acid-Based Inhibitors of the SARS-CoV‑2 Nsp3 Macrodomain (Mac1)
Mac1 is a conserved macrodomain enzyme in the nonstructural protein 3 (Nsp3) of SARS-CoV-2 and is part of the viral replication machinery. Mac1 is a target for small-molecule inhibitors that could ultimately enable new COVID-19 therapeutics to be developed. Here, we report the structure-guided design, synthesis, and Ma...