[HTML][HTML] Conformational reorganization of the SARS coronavirus spike following receptor binding: implications for membrane fusion

DR Beniac, SL deVarennes, A Andonov, R He… - PloS one, 2007 - journals.plos.org
… -binding and fusion core domains within the entire spike. Furthermore, our results show that
… that each spike can bind up to three ACE2 molecules. The SARS-CoV spike provides an …

Tectonic conformational changes of a coronavirus spike glycoprotein promote membrane fusion

AC Walls, MA Tortorici, J Snijder… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
… The coronavirus spike (S) glycoprotein initiates infection by promoting … conformational
changes that remain largely uncharacterized. Here we report the cryoEM structure of a coronavirus

[HTML][HTML] Structure, function, and evolution of coronavirus spike proteins

F Li - Annual review of virology, 2016 - annualreviews.org
… ACE2 is a trigger for SARS-CoV spike to fuse membranes. … no or moderate conformational
changes of SARS-CoV spike … triggers a conformational change in SARS-CoV spike, which …

… interaction networks in distinct conformational forms of the SARS-CoV-2 spike D614G mutant: reconciling functional mechanisms through allosteric model of spike …

GM Verkhivker, S Agajanian, D Oztas… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Full article: Computational analysis of protein stability and allosteric interaction networks in
distinct conformational forms of the SARS-CoV-2 spike D614G mutant: reconciling functional …

[HTML][HTML] Sterically confined rearrangements of SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein control cell invasion

E Dodero-Rojas, JN Onuchic, PC Whitford - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
… Interestingly, the Spike protein … conformations. These simulations indicate that the steric
composition of the glycans can induce a pause during the Spike protein conformational change. …

[HTML][HTML] Cryo-EM structure of the SARS coronavirus spike glycoprotein in complex with its host cell receptor ACE2

W Song, M Gui, X Wang, Y Xiang - PLoS pathogens, 2018 - journals.plos.org
… In this study, we report the structures of different conformational states of the SARS-CoV S
… These new data allow us to reorganize and optimize the current model for SARS-CoV entry (…

[HTML][HTML] An Electrostatically-steered Conformational Selection Mechanism Promotes SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Variation

M Sorokina, J Belapure, C Tüting, R Paschke… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
… also correlates with crucial conformation changes connected to (a) the … reorganization of
the S2. For (a), molecular dynamics simulations of the closed and open S protein conformations

[HTML][HTML] Computational modeling of protein conformational changes-Application to the opening SARS-CoV-2 spike

A Kucherova, S Strango, S Sukenik… - Journal of Computational …, 2021 - Elsevier
… To characterize the restructuring of the electric field of the S protein, we define the first four
moments of the non-dimensional charge distribution q ( x ) = sinh ( − ψ ( x ) ) in the solvent(27) …

[HTML][HTML] Domains and functions of spike protein in Sars-Cov-2 in the context of vaccine design

X Xia - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
… that use mRNA encoding a modified spike protein stabilized in its prefusion conformation. It
is … is to produce a spike protein stabilized in the prefusion conformation as a target to train the …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling coronavirus spike protein dynamics: implications for immunogenicity and immune escape

G Kunkel, M Madani, SJ White, PH Verardi… - Biophysical …, 2021 - cell.com
COVID-19 will become an endemic disease requiring updated second-generation vaccines.
The SARS-CoV-2 surface spike (S… of S proteins associated with SARS-CoV-2, implemented …