Structural and functional basis of SARS-CoV-2 entry by using human ACE2

Q Wang, Y Zhang, L Wu, S Niu, C Song, Z Zhang, G Lu… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
… domain of SARS-CoV-2 (SARS-CoV-2-CTD) spike (S) protein in complex with human ACE2
(… binding mode similar overall to that observed for SARS-CoV. However, atomic details at the …

Structural basis for the recognition of SARS-CoV-2 by full-length human ACE2

R Yan, Y Zhang, Y Li, L Xia, Y Guo, Q Zhou - Science, 2020 - science.org
… -CoV-2) that is causing the serious coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic. Here,
we present cryo–electron microscopy structures of full-length human ACE2 … ) of SARS-CoV-2, …

Receptor and viral determinants of SARScoronavirus adaptation to human ACE2

W Li, C Zhang, J Sui, JH Kuhn, MJ Moore, S Luo… - The EMBO …, 2005 - embopress.org
SARS coronavirus (SARSCoV). Here we identify the SARSCoV spike (S)‐protein‐binding
site on ACE2… S proteins of SARSCoV isolated during the 2002–2003 SARS outbreak and …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 infections in engineered human tissues using clinical-grade soluble human ACE2

V Monteil, H Kwon, P Prado, A Hagelkrüys, RA Wimmer… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
… Here, we show that clinical grade hrsACE2 reduced SARS-CoV-2 recovery from Vero cells
… that SARS-CoV-2 can directly infect engineered human blood vessel organoids and human

Structural variations in human ACE2 may influence its binding with SARSCoV‐2 spike protein

M Hussain, N Jabeen, F Raza, S Shabbir… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… by different human ACE2 allelic variants with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Briefly, coding
variants of ACE2 corresponding to the reported binding sites for its attachment with coronavirus

Engineering human ACE2 to optimize binding to the spike protein of SARS coronavirus 2

KK Chan, D Dorosky, P Sharma, SA Abbasi, JM Dye… - Science, 2020 - science.org
… Because human ACE2 has not evolved to recognize SARS-CoV-2 S, we hypothesized that
mutations may be found that increase affinity. The coding sequence of full-length ACE2 with …

SARS-CoV-2 infection of human ACE2-transgenic mice causes severe lung inflammation and impaired function

ES Winkler, AL Bailey, NM Kafai, S Nair… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
humans who have been hospitalized. Here, we evaluate transgenic mice expressing the
human angiotensin I-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2… -hACE2) as a model of SARS-CoV-2 infection. …

Does SARS-CoV-2 bind to human ACE2 more strongly than does SARS-CoV?

HL Nguyen, PD Lan, NQ Thai, DA Nissley… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
… In this paper we considered the interaction of S proteins with human ACE2 by combining
coarse-grained and all-atom steered molecular dynamics (SMD) simulations. All-atom models …

[HTML][HTML] Role of changes in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the interaction with the human ACE2 receptor: An in silico analysis

JT Ortega, ML Serrano, FH Pujol, HR Rangel - EXCLI journal, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… , compared to the one of the Bat-CoV to this receptor. The data presented in … SARS-Cov-2
spike protein to the human ACE2 receptor, compared to the one of Bat-CoV spike and ACE2. …

Human ACE2 receptor polymorphisms and altered susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2

K Suryamohan, D Diwanji, EW Stawiski… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
… involved in the SARS-CoV-2 S-protein interaction. Overall, we found human ACE2 receptor
… and the ACE2 PD showed even more reduced variation (Wilcoxon p-value = 0.0656, n = 65, …