Roles of the polybasic furin cleavage site of spike protein in SARS‐CoV‐2 replication, pathogenesis, and host immune responses and vaccination

MG Hossain, Y Tang, S Akter… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The polybasic furin cleavage site insertion with four amino acid motifs (PRRA) in spike
protein's S1/S2 junction site is important in determining viral infectivity, transmission, and …

[HTML][HTML] Review of concerned SARS-CoV-2 variants like Alpha (B. 1.1. 7), Beta (B. 1.351), Gamma (P. 1), Delta (B. 1.617. 2), and Omicron (B. 1.1. 529), as well as …

S Zahmatkesh, M Sillanpaa, Y Rezakhani… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The coronavirus known as COVID-19, which causes pandemics, is causing a global
epidemic at a critical stage today. Furthermore, novel mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 spike …

[HTML][HTML] 新型冠状病毒Omicron 变异株研究进展

黄云, 李依红, 谢仕兰, 容祖华, 李柏生, 康敏… - 中华流行病学 …, 2022 - html.rhhz.net
新型冠状病毒Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) 变异株具有传播力强, 传播速度快, 免疫逃逸显著等特点,
给新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情防控带来新的挑战. 该变异株于2021 年11 月在南非被发现后, 历时2 …

Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern harboring Q677H

C Zeng, JP Evans, JN Faraone, P Qu, YM Zheng, L Saif… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) to neutralizing antibodies has
largely been studied in the context of key receptor binding domain (RBD) mutations …

Novel small-molecule inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binding to neuropilin 1

A Kolarič, M Jukič, U Bren - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Furin cleavage of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein results in a polybasic terminal sequence
termed the C-end rule (CendR), which is responsible for the binding to neuropilin 1 (NRP1) …

O-linked sialoglycans modulate the proteolysis of SARS-CoV-2 spike and likely contribute to the mutational trajectory in variants of concern

E Gonzalez-Rodriguez, M Zol-Hanlon… - ACS central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The emergence of a polybasic cleavage motif for the protease furin in SARS-CoV-2 spike
has been established as a major factor for human viral transmission. The region N-terminal …

Potential COVID‐19 therapeutic approaches targeting angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2; an updated review

S Zanganeh, N Goodarzi, M Doroudian… - Reviews in Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
COVID‐19 has spread swiftly throughout the world posing a global health emergency. The
significant numbers of deaths attributed to this pandemic have researchers battling to …

SARS-CoV-2 S mutations: a lesson from the viral world to understand how human furin works

L Cassari, A Pavan, G Zoia, M Chinellato… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiological agent
responsible for the worldwide pandemic and has now claimed millions of lives. The virus …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) in Bangladesh during the first half of 2021

SZ Afrin, MT Islam, SK Paul, N Kobayashi, R Parvin - Virology, 2022 - Elsevier
Bangladesh is the second-worst-affected country in South Asia by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The aim of this study is to examine genome …

Capturing a crucial 'disorder-to-order transition'at the heart of the coronavirus molecular pathology—triggered by highly persistent, interchangeable salt-bridges

S Roy, P Ghosh, A Bandyopadhyay, S Basu - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 origin debate has greatly been influenced by genome comparison studies of
late, revealing the emergence of the Furin-like cleavage site at the S1/S2 junction of the …