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Missense variants in human ACE2 strongly affect binding to SARS-CoV-2 Spike providing a mechanism for ACE2 mediated genetic risk in Covid-19: A case study in affinity predictions of interface variants.
PLoS computational biology - 1 Mar 2022
MacGowan Stuart A, Barton Michael I, Kutuzov Mikhail, Dushek Omer, van der Merwe P Anton, Barton Geoffrey J
Abstract excerpt
SARS-CoV-2 Spike (Spike) binds to human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and the strength of this interaction could influence parameters relating to virulence. To explore whether population variants in ACE2 influence Spike binding and hence infection, we selected 10 ACE2 variants based on affinity predictions and prevalence in gnomAD and measured their affinities and kinetics for Spike receptor binding...
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