LCB3

An RBD-neutralizing miniprotein.

Phase of research

Potential treatment - pre-clinical evidence

How it helps

Antiviral

Drug status

Experimental

Supporting references

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Clinical trials

LCB3 is a miniprotein designed and verified to neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor binding domain (RBD) in vitro (Cao et al., 2020).

Link	Tested on	Impact factor	Notes	Publication date
De novo design of picomolar SARS-CoV-2 miniprotein inhibitors Spike protein Biophysical assay Protein factor In vitro In silico	in silico; in vitro biophysical assay; Vero E6 cells	41.85	Small protein designed end experimentally (in vitro) verified to strongly bind to and inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein RBD.	Sep/09/2020