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. 2022 Apr 12;50(8):4216–4245. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac224

Table 4.

List of small molecule inhibitors for viral RNA MTases. The ‘design strategy’ column describes the basic method for inhibitor design, while ‘evaluation method’ roughly lists the experiments conducted in the associated references. CADD = computer aided drug design, i.s. = in silico; i.vt. = in vitro; i.c. = in cellulo; i.vv. = in vivo

Organism Enzyme/modification/RNA species Design strategy Evaluation method References
dengue virus (DENV) NS5/ m7G/ mRNA cap CADD i.vt. (301)
i.s., i.vt. (302)
i.vt., i.c. (303)
SAH analogue i.vt. (248)
i.vt., i.c. (304)
LTS i.vt. (305)
FBDD i.vt. (249)
i.s., i.vt., i.c. (250)
NS5/ 2′-O/ mRNA cap CADD i.vt. (301)
i.s., i.vt. (302,306)
i.vt., i.c. (303)
i.s., i.vt., i.c. (143)
Nucleotide analogue i.vt (307)
i.vt. (308)
i.s., i.vt., i.c (309)
SAH analogue i.vt., i.c. (304)
i.vt. (248,310)
LTS i.vt. (305)
FBDD i.vt. (249,251)
i.vt., i.c. (252)
i.s., i.vt., i.c. (250)
not determined CADD i.s. (311–315,323)
i.vt., i.c. (316)
Nucleotide analogue i.vt., i.c. (317)
LTS i.s., i.c., i.vv. (318)
HTS i.vt. (319)
zika virus (ZIKV) NS5/ 2′-O/ mRNA cap Nucleotide analogue i.s., i.vt.,i.c. (309)
FBDD i.vt. (251)
i.s., i.vt., i.c. (252)
not determined CADD i.s. (320–322)
i.s., i.c. (324)
i.s., i.vt. i.c. (316)
SAH analogue i.s., i.vt. (325)
i.c. (326)
HTS i.s., i.vt.,i.c. (327)
west nile virus (WNV) NS5/ m7G/ mRNA cap CADD i.vt.,i.c. (302)
i.s., i.vt.,i.c. (303)
Nucleotide analogue i.s., i.vt.,i.c. (328)
SAH analogue i.s., i.vt.,i.c. (304)
HTS i.vt., i.c. (329)
NS5/ 2′-O/ mRNA cap CADD i.vt.,i.c. (302)
i.s., i.vt.,i.c. (303)
Nucleotide analogue i.s., i.vt.,i.c. (328)
SAH analogue i.s., i.vt.,i.c. (304)
FBDD i.vt. (250)
not determined Nucleotide analogue i.s., i.c. (317)
yellow fever virus (YFV) NS5/ m7G/ mRNA cap CADD i.vt. (302,303)
SAH analogue i.v., i.c. (304)
NS5/ 2′-O/ mRNA cap CADD i.vt. (302,303)
SAH analogue i.v., i.c. (304)
Nucleotide analogue i.s., i.c. (309)
not determined HTS i.vt. (330)
i.s., i.vt. (319)
wesselbron virus (WV) NS5/ m7G/ mRNA cap CADD i.s., i.v. (301)
NS5/ 2′-O/ mRNA cap CADD i.s., i.v. (301)
japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) not determined CADD i.c. (303)
St. louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) not determined CADD i.c. (303)
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) nsp14/ m7G/ mRNA cap SAH analogue i.s., i.vt. (164)
LTS i.vt. (259)
HTS i.vt. (331)
i.vt., i.c. (332)
nsp16/ 2′-O/ mRNA cap LTS i.vt. (259)
SARS-CoV-2 nsp14/ m7G/ mRNA cap CADD i.s. (267,333–338)
SAH analogue i.s., i.vt. (268,270)
i.s., i.vt., i.c. (269)
HTS i.vt. (125)
i.vt., i.c. (131,339)
nsp16/ 2′-O/ mRNA cap CADD i.s. (267,337,338, 340–363)
i.s., i.vt. (364)
SAH analogue i.s., i.vt., i.c. (269)
HTS i.vt. (365,366)
chikungunya virus (CHIKV) nsp1/ m7G/ mRNA cap GTP analogue LTP (367)
nucleoside analogue i.c. (368)
CADD, nucleoside analogue i.vt., i.c. (369,370)
natural products i.vt. (371)
HTS i.vt., i.c. (372)
HTS i.c., i.vt. (373)