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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: Antibody evasion and cryo-EM structure of spike protein-ACE2 complex.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 18 Feb 2022
Mannar Dhiraj, Saville James W, Zhu Xing, Srivastava Shanti S, Berezuk Alison M, Tuttle Katharine S, Marquez Ana Citlali, Sekirov Inna, Subramaniam Sriram
Abstract excerpt
The newly reported Omicron variant is poised to replace Delta as the most prevalent SARS-CoV-2 variant across the world. Cryo-EM structural analysis of the Omicron variant spike protein in complex with human ACE2 reveals new salt bridges and hydrogen bonds formed by mutated residues R493, S496 and R498 in the RBD with ACE2. These interactions appear to compensate for other Omicron mutations such as K417N known to...
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