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Rafael Guido, a professor at the University of Sao Paolo, said: “We were able to show this component of snake venom was able to inhibit a very important protein from the virus.”
The researchers extracted fragments of a peptide – a short chain of an amino acid – that can connect the PLPro enzyme in the virus causing COVID-19 – SARS-CoV-2.
The PLPro enzyme plays a critical role in the virus’s ability to reproduce without damaging its host cells.
Giuseppe Puorto, a reptile expert at Sao Paolo, said: “We’re wary about people going out to hunt the jararacussu around Brazil, thinking they’re going to save the world… That’s not it!
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