Coronavirus spike protein and tropism changes

RJG Hulswit, CAM De Haan, BJ Bosch - Advances in virus research, 2016 - Elsevier
Coronaviruses (CoVs) have a remarkable potential to change tropism. This is particularly
illustrated over the last 15 years by the emergence of two zoonotic CoVs, the severe acute …

Protein dynamics and function from solution state NMR spectroscopy

M Kovermann, P Rogne, M Wolf-Watz - Quarterly reviews of …, 2016 - cambridge.org
It is well-established that dynamics are central to protein function; their importance is
implicitly acknowledged in the principles of the Monod, Wyman and Changeux model of …

Direct visualization of the conformational dynamics of single influenza hemagglutinin trimers

DK Das, R Govindan, I Nikić-Spiegel, F Krammer… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Influenza hemagglutinin (HA) is the canonical type I viral envelope glycoprotein and
provides a template for the membrane-fusion mechanisms of numerous viruses. The current …

[PDF][PDF] A review on COVID-19: origin, spread, symptoms, treatment, and prevention

AG Hadi, M Kadhom, N Hairunisa… - Biointerface …, 2020 - biointerfaceresearch.com
A novel type of coronavirus, identified as 2019-nCoV or COVID-19, appeared in Wuhan,
China, in late 2019 and continued to spread in 2020. On January 24th, 2020, about 830 …

Concerted transformation of a hyper-paused transcription complex and its reinforcing protein

PK Zuber, N Said, T Hilal, B Wang, B Loll… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
RfaH, a paralog of the universally conserved NusG, binds to RNA polymerases (RNAP) and
ribosomes to activate expression of virulence genes. In free, autoinhibited RfaH, an α-helical …

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

E Dodero-Rojas, JN Onuchic, PC Whitford - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is highly contagious, and
transmission involves a series of processes that may be targeted by vaccines and …

Divide-and-conquer: machine-learning integrates mammalian and viral traits with network features to predict virus-mammal associations

M Wardeh, MSC Blagrove, KJ Sharkey… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Our knowledge of viral host ranges remains limited. Completing this picture by identifying
unknown hosts of known viruses is an important research aim that can help identify and …

Dynamic asymmetry exposes 2019-nCoV prefusion spike

S Roy, A Jaiswar, R Sarkar - The journal of physical chemistry …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) spike protein is a smart molecular machine that
instigates the entry of coronavirus to the host cell causing the COVID-19 pandemic. In this …

SARS-CoV fusion peptides induce membrane surface ordering and curvature

LGM Basso, EF Vicente, E Crusca Jr, EM Cilli… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Viral membrane fusion is an orchestrated process triggered by membrane-anchored viral
fusion glycoproteins. The S2 subunit of the spike glycoprotein from severe acute respiratory …

Hemagglutinin-mediated membrane fusion: a biophysical perspective

S Boonstra, JS Blijleven, WH Roos… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Influenza hemagglutinin (HA) is a viral membrane protein responsible for the initial steps of
the entry of influenza virus into the host cell. It mediates binding of the virus particle to the …