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. 2023 Oct 6;67(11):e00840-23. doi: 10.1128/aac.00840-23

TABLE 5.

Enzyme activity and pomotrelvir susceptibility of mutant Mpro proteins containing nirmatrelvir resistance substitutions

a Enzyme K m (μM) K cat (s-1) k cat/K m × 106 (M-1 s-1) b PBI-0451 b GC376
Mean IC50 (μM) Mean fold IC50 (μM) Fold
WT 14 41 3 0.026 0.02
A173V + T304I 11 13 1.2 0.16 6.7 0.10 5.5
A260V 8 48 6 0.024 0.9 0.02 1.0
D248E 9 37 4.3 0.025 1 0.03 1.3
E166A 13 2.7 0.2 0.95 36 0.32 14
E166V 15 4.8 0.3 1.2 51 0.66 35
F140A 12 24 2 0.37 14 0.15 6.8
F140L + A173V 11 41 3.9 0.23 10 0.14 7.5
G15S 9 29 3.2 0.027 1 0.02 0.9
H164N 10 26 2.7 0.064 2.4 0.08 3.5
H172Y 25 4.5 0.2 1.94 71 0.41 18
H172Y + P252L 12 9.8 0.8 1.5 62 0.28 15
K90R 11 33 2.9 0.023 0.9 0.01 0.6
L167F 11 5.5 0.5 0.34 13 0.13 5.6
L50F 7 64 8.6 0.03 1.1 0.02 1.1
L50F + A173V 7 28 4.1 0.082 3.5 0.06 3.4
L50F + E166A 21 10 0.5 0.87 35 0.27 12
L50F + E166A + L167F 14 5.4 0.4 5.0 188 0.76 34
L50F + E166V 19 6.9 0.4 1.0 45 0.43 23
L50F + F140L + L167F + T304I 14 26 1.9 0.9 40 0.17 8.9
L50F + T304I 14 120 8.5 0.065 2.8 0.06 3.3
Q189K 13 14 1.1 0.071 2.7 0.05 2.1
S144A 9 26 2.9 0.18 6.7 0.12 5.2
T135I 12 51 4.3 0.047 1.8 0.02 0.8
T135I + T304I 7 44 6 0.087 3.7 0.07 3.8
T21I 10 82 8 0.027 1.0 0.02 1.0
T21I + A173V 8 37 4.7 0.11 4.7 0.08 4.2
T21I + A173V + T304I 15 35 2.3 0.14 6.1 0.09 5.0
T21I + C160F + A173V+
V186A + T304I
14 38 2.7 0.13 5.7 0.09 4.9
T21I + E166V 13 2.7 0.2 1.24 55 0.59 31
T21I + L50F 7 80 12.2 0.021 0.8 0.02 0.9
T21I + L50F + A193P + S301P 7 25 3.4 0.11 4.9 0.07 3.6
T21I + S144A 15 55 3.7 0.31 13 0.12 6.4
T21I + S144A + T304I 11 13 1.3 0.52 23 0.19 10
T21I + T304I 9 75 8.4 0.071 3.1 0.05 2.6
Y54A 11 2.3 0.2 0.15 5.6 0.16 7.0
a

Mutant enzymes are listed in alphabetic order.

b

IC50s of PBI-0451 are mean from n = 9 experiments for WT, n = 3 for mutant Mpro proteins; for GC376, only n = 1 experiment was performed (except for the WT enzyme, showing mean IC50 from n = 2 experiments).