[HTML][HTML] Central ions and lateral asparagine/glutamine zippers stabilize the post-fusion hairpin conformation of the SARS coronavirus spike glycoprotein

S Duquerroy, A Vigouroux, PJM Rottier, FA Rey… - Virology, 2005 - Elsevier
The coronavirus spike glycoprotein is a class I membrane fusion protein with two
characteristic heptad repeat regions (HR1 and HR2) in its ectodomain. Here, we report the X …

[HTML][HTML] Structural characterization of the SARS-coronavirus spike S fusion protein core

B Tripet, MW Howard, M Jobling, RK Holmes… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
The spike (S) glycoprotein of coronaviruses mediates viral entry into host cells. It is a type 1
viral fusion protein that characteristically contains two heptad repeat regions, denoted HR-N …

[HTML][HTML] Solution structure of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus heptad repeat 2 domain in the prefusion state

S Hakansson-McReynolds, S Jiang, L Rong… - Journal of Biological …, 2006 - ASBMB
The envelope glycoprotein, termed the spike protein, of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus (SARS-CoV) is known to mediate viral entry. Similar to other class 1 viral fusion …

A trimerizing GxxxG motif is uniquely inserted in the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus spike protein transmembrane domain

E Arbely, Z Granot, I Kass, J Orly, IT Arkin - Biochemistry, 2006 - ACS Publications
In an attempt to understand what distinguishes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
coronavirus (SCoV) from other members of the coronaviridae, we searched for elements that …

Fusion core structure of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS‐CoV): In search of potent SARS‐CoV entry inhibitors

LHM Chu, SH Chan, SN Tsai, Y Wang… - Journal of cellular …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Severe acute respiratory coronavirus (SARS‐CoV) spike (S) glycoprotein fusion core
consists of a six‐helix bundle with the three C‐terminal heptad repeat (HR2) helices packed …

Tryptophan-dependent membrane interaction and heteromerization with the internal fusion peptide by the membrane proximal external region of SARS-CoV spike …

Y Liao, SM Zhang, TL Neo, JP Tam - Biochemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
The spike (S) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated CoV (SARS-CoV)
mediates membrane fusion and viral entry. These events involve structural rearrangements …

[HTML][HTML] Structures and polymorphic interactions of two heptad-repeat regions of the SARS virus S2 protein

Y Deng, J Liu, Q Zheng, W Yong, M Lu - Structure, 2006 - cell.com
Entry of SARS coronavirus into its target cell requires large-scale structural transitions in the
viral spike (S) glycoprotein in order to induce fusion of the virus and cell membranes. Here …

Functional characterization of heptad repeat 1 and 2 mutants of the spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus

WE Chan, CK Chuang, SH Yeh, MS Chang… - Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
To understand the roles of heptad repeat 1 (HR1) and HR2 of the spike (S) protein of the
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in virus-cell interactions, the …

Characterization of the heptad repeat regions, HR1 and HR2, and design of a fusion core structure model of the spike protein from severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Y Xu, J Zhu, Y Liu, Z Lou, F Yuan, Y Liu, DK Cole… - Biochemistry, 2004 - ACS Publications
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) is a newly emergent virus
responsible for a worldwide epidemic in 2003. The coronavirus spike proteins belong to …

A single tyrosine in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus membrane protein cytoplasmic tail is important for efficient interaction with spike protein

CE McBride, CE Machamer - Journal of virology, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) encodes 3 major envelope
proteins: spike (S), membrane (M), and envelope (E). Previous work identified a dibasic …