Structure and binding properties of Pangolin-CoV spike glycoprotein inform the evolution of SARS-CoV-2

oleh: Antoni G. Wrobel, Donald J. Benton, Pengqi Xu, Lesley J. Calder, Annabel Borg, Chloƫ Roustan, Stephen R. Martin, Peter B. Rosenthal, John J. Skehel, Steven J. Gamblin

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01

Deskripsi

It has been suggested that pangolin coronaviruses may be the origin of SARS-CoV-2. Here the authors show that the Pangolin-CoV spike is structurally closely related to the closed form of SARS-CoV-2 spike and exhibits similar binding properties to human and pangolin ACE2; although neither spike binds bat ACE2.