SARS-CoV-2 protease protein (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

SARS-CoV-2 protease protein

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The protease protein is both shaped like a heart and functions as one, allowing the virus to replicate and spread. Inhibiting the protease would block virus reproduction. Credit:

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Andrey Kovalevsky/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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