Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with host cells and antibodies: experiment and simulation

H Nguyen, HL Nguyen, PD Lan, NQ Thai… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of
the devastating global COVID-19 pandemic announced by WHO in March 2020. Through …

[HTML][HTML] Representing structures of the multiple conformational states of proteins

TA Ramelot, R Tejero, GT Montelione - Current Opinion in Structural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomolecules exhibit dynamic behavior that single-state models of their structures cannot
fully capture. We review some recent advances for investigating multiple conformations of …

A variant-proof SARS-CoV-2 vaccine targeting HR1 domain in S2 subunit of spike protein

W Pang, Y Lu, YB Zhao, F Shen, CF Fan, Q Wang… - Cell Research, 2022 - nature.com
The emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants, commonly with many mutations in S1 subunit of spike
(S) protein are weakening the efficacy of the current vaccines and antibody therapeutics …

High-throughput identification of prefusion-stabilizing mutations in SARS-CoV-2 spike

TJC Tan, Z Mou, R Lei, WO Ouyang, M Yuan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Designing prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spike is critical for the effectiveness of COVID-
19 vaccines. All COVID-19 vaccines in the US encode spike with K986P/V987P mutations to …

SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants harbor spike protein mutations responsible for their attenuated fusogenic phenotype

SB Park, M Khan, SC Chiliveri, X Hu, P Irvin… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Since the emergence of the Omicron variants at the end of 2021, they quickly became the
dominant variants globally. The Omicron variants may be more easily transmitted compared …

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein as a bacterial lipopolysaccharide delivery system in an overzealous inflammatory cascade

F Samsudin, P Raghuvamsi, G Petruk… - Journal of molecular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Accumulating evidence indicates a potential role for bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in
the overactivation of the immune response during SARS-CoV-2 infection. LPS is recognized …

Toxin-like peptides from the bacterial cultures derived from gut microbiome infected by SARS-CoV-2—new data for a possible role in the long COVID pattern

C Brogna, S Cristoni, B Brogna, DR Bisaccia, G Marino… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
It has been 3 years since the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, however it is as yet
little known how to care for the acute COVID-19 and long COVID patients. COVID-19 clinical …

N4-hydroxycytidine, the active compound of Molnupiravir, promotes SARS-CoV-2 mutagenesis and escape from a neutralizing nanobody

A Zibat, X Zhang, A Dickmanns, KM Stegmann… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Summary N4-hydroxycytidine (NHC), the active compound of the drug Molnupiravir, is
incorporated into SARS-CoV-2 RNA, causing false base pairing. The desired result is an" …

Uncovering cryptic pockets in the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

L Zuzic, F Samsudin, AT Shivgan, PV Raghuvamsi… - Structure, 2022 - cell.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a rapid response in vaccine and drug development.
Herein, we modeled a complete membrane-embedded SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein and …

Exploring the pH dependence of the SARS‐CoV‐2 complete fusion domain and the role of its unique structural features

D Birtles, AE Oh, J Lee - Protein Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SARS‐CoV‐2 may enter target cells through the process of membrane fusion at either the
plasma (~ pH 7.4–7.0) or endosomal (~ pH 6.5–5.0) membrane in order to deliver its genetic …