SARS-CoV-2 and bat RaTG13 spike glycoprotein structures inform on virus evolution and furin-cleavage effects.
Nat Struct Mol Biol
; 27(8): 763-767, 2020 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-640223
ABSTRACT
SARS-CoV-2 is thought to have emerged from bats, possibly via a secondary host. Here, we investigate the relationship of spike (S) glycoprotein from SARS-CoV-2 with the S protein of a closely related bat virus, RaTG13. We determined cryo-EM structures for RaTG13 S and for both furin-cleaved and uncleaved SARS-CoV-2 S; we compared these with recently reported structures for uncleaved SARS-CoV-2 S. We also biochemically characterized their relative stabilities and affinities for the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2. Although the overall structures of human and bat virus S proteins are similar, there are key differences in their properties, including a more stable precleavage form of human S and about 1,000-fold tighter binding of SARS-CoV-2 to human receptor. These observations suggest that cleavage at the furin-cleavage site decreases the overall stability of SARS-CoV-2 S and facilitates the adoption of the open conformation that is required for S to bind to the ACE2 receptor.
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Main subject:
Receptors, Virus
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Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
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Host-Pathogen Interactions
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Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Variants
Language:
English
Journal:
Nat Struct Mol Biol
Journal subject:
Molecular Biology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S41594-020-0468-7
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