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An extended motif in the SARS-CoV-2 spike modulates binding and release of host coatomer in retrograde trafficking.
Communications biology - 8 Feb 2022
Dey Debajit, Singh Suruchi, Khan Saif, Martin Matthew, Schnicker Nicholas J, Gakhar Lokesh, Pierce Brian G, Hasan S Saif
Abstract excerpt
β-Coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV-2 hijack coatomer protein-I (COPI) for spike protein retrograde trafficking to the progeny assembly site in endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC). However, limited residue-level details are available into how the spike interacts with COPI. Here we identify an extended COPI binding motif in the spike that encompasses the canonical K-x-H dibasic sequence. This...
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