IIT Mandi reveal structure of key protein in Covid-19

IIT Mandi researchers have revealed the structure of NSP1 C-terminal region in isolation, a key protein in the Covid-19 virus in the host cell environment.

A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi), led by Dr. Rajanish Giri, Assistant Professor, School of Basic Sciences, have elucidated the part of the structure of a key protein in the Covid-19 virus, which helps in understanding its mode of action, its role in the spread and severity of the disease and development of antiviral therapeutics. The team’s recent findings have been published in the journal ‘Current Research in Virological Science’, in a paper co-authored by Dr. Giri and his research scholars, Amit Kumar, Ankur Kumar, and Prateek Kumar, along with Dr. Neha Garg from the Banaras Hindu University.