Article
Mutation Y453F in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 enhances interaction with the mink ACE2 receptor for host adaption
2021-08-24
Abstract excerpt
COVID-19 patients transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to minks in the Netherlands in April 2020. Subsequently, the mink-associated virus (miSARS-CoV-2) spilled back over into humans. Genetic sequences of the miSARS-CoV-2 identified a new genetic variant known as “Cluster 5” that contained mutations in the spike protein. However, the functional properties of these “Cluster 5” mutations have not been well established. In this st...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 94287b00-d1d8-5c6e-a4c7-5778344bcfe3
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.08.24.457448
