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Omicron Spike Protein is Vulnerable to Reduction.
Journal of molecular biology - 1 Jul 2023
Yao Zhong, Geng Betty, Marcon Edyta, Pu Shuye, Tang Hua, Merluza John, Bello Alexander, Snider Jamie, Lu Ping, Wood Heidi, Stagljar Igor
Abstract excerpt
SARS-CoV-2 virus spike (S) protein is an envelope protein responsible for binding to the ACE2 receptor, driving subsequent entry into host cells. The existence of multiple disulfide bonds in the S protein makes it potentially susceptible to reductive cleavage. Using a tri-part split luciferase-based binding assay, we evaluated the impacts of chemical reduction on S proteins from different virus variants and found...
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