Article
Omicron Spike Protein Has a Positive Electrostatic Surface That Promotes ACE2 Recognition and Antibody Escape
2022-06-10
Abstract excerpt
High transmissibility is a hallmark of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. Understanding the molecular determinants of Omicron’s transmissibility will impact development of intervention strategies. Here we map the electrostatic potential surface of the Spike protein to show that major SARS-CoV-2 variants have accumulated positive charges in solvent-exposed regions of the Spike protein, especially its ACE2-binding i...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ba07e12d-3ae9-510f-b73f-558b3faabdfd
- DOI
- 10.3389/fviro.2022.894531
