The SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein biosynthesis, structure, function, and antigenicity: implications for the design of spike-based vaccine immunogens

L Duan, Q Zheng, H Zhang, Y Niu, Y Lou… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), poses a grave threat to global public …

HIV-1 vaccines based on antibody identification, B cell ontogeny, and epitope structure

PD Kwong, JR Mascola - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
HIV-1 vaccine development has been stymied by an inability to induce broadly reactive
neutralizing antibodies to the envelope (Env) trimer, the sole viral antigen on the virion …

Beyond shielding: the roles of glycans in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

L Casalino, Z Gaieb, JA Goldsmith, CK Hjorth… - ACS central …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in more than 28,000,000 infections and 900,000 …

Site-specific glycan analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike

Y Watanabe, JD Allen, D Wrapp, JS McLellan… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The emergence of the betacoronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), represents a …

SARS-CoV-2 spreads through cell-to-cell transmission

C Zeng, JP Evans, T King, YM Zheng… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly transmissible
coronavirus responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic. Herein, we provide evidence …

Learning the language of viral evolution and escape

B Hie, ED Zhong, B Berger, B Bryson - Science, 2021 - science.org
The ability for viruses to mutate and evade the human immune system and cause infection,
called viral escape, remains an obstacle to antiviral and vaccine development …

ScanNet: an interpretable geometric deep learning model for structure-based protein binding site prediction

J Tubiana, D Schneidman-Duhovny, HJ Wolfson - Nature Methods, 2022 - nature.com
Predicting the functional sites of a protein from its structure, such as the binding sites of small
molecules, other proteins or antibodies, sheds light on its function in vivo. Currently, two …

Vulnerabilities in coronavirus glycan shields despite extensive glycosylation

Y Watanabe, ZT Berndsen, J Raghwani… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
coronaviruses (CoVs) are zoonotic pathogens with high fatality rates and pandemic …

[HTML][HTML] Unexpected receptor functional mimicry elucidates activation of coronavirus fusion

AC Walls, X Xiong, YJ Park, MA Tortorici, J Snijder… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Recent outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory
syndrome, along with the threat of a future coronavirus-mediated pandemic, underscore the …

Cryo-EM analysis of the post-fusion structure of the SARS-CoV spike glycoprotein

X Fan, D Cao, L Kong, X Zhang - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Global emergencies caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-
CoV), Middle-East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and SARS-CoV-2 …