First, the virus must get inside the cell. Every virus does this slightly differently, but most use their signature “spikes” to fuse themselves to a cell’s outer membrane and then squeeze their way inside.

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1. Binding & Entry
First, the virus must get inside the cell. Every virus does this slightly differently, but most use their signature “spikes” to fuse themselves to a cell’s outer membrane and then squeeze their way inside.
2. POLYPEPTIDES
Once inside, the virus RNA instructs the cell to make a long polypeptide containing special enzymes. This long protein must be cut apart for the virus to replicate. To accomplish this, the virus encodes a special ‘scissors’, called 3CL protease, which cuts up the polypeptide into the different enzymes that then become functional.
3. Replication
Before these enzymes can start working, they need to be separated from each other. The protease enzyme acts like a pair of scissors, cutting the polypeptide up into the different enzymes that then become functional.
4. 3CL Protease Inhibitors
Protease inhibitors, like Tollovid, are designed to tightly bind to the protease enzyme, blocking its ability to cut. This shuts down the entire virus-making apparatus, leaving it unable to make a single virus.