The SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein has a broad tropism for mammalian ACE2 proteins

SARS Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in late 2019, leading to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that continues to cause significant global mortality in human populations. Given its sequence similarity to SARS-CoV, as well as related coronaviruses circulating in bats, SARS-CoV-2 is...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	PLoS biology Vol. 18; no. 12; p. e3001016
Main Authors:	Conceicao, Carina, Thakur, Nazia, Human, Stacey, Kelly, James T., Logan, Leanne, Bialy, Dagmara, Bhat, Sushant, Stevenson-Leggett, Phoebe, Zagrajek, Adrian K., Hollinghurst, Philippa, Varga, Michal, Tsirigoti, Christina, Tully, Matthew, Chiu, Chris, Moffat, Katy, Silesian, Adrian Paul, Hammond, John A., Maier, Helena J., Bickerton, Erica, Shelton, Holly, Dietrich, Isabelle, Graham, Stephen C., Bailey, Dalan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 21.12.2020 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	ACE2 Amino acid sequence Amino Acid Substitution Amino acids Angiotensin converting enzyme Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 - metabolism Animals Binding Sites Biology and life sciences Cats Cattle Conserved sequence Coronaviruses COVID-19 Divergence Dogs Flight Genetic aspects Goats Guinea Pigs Hamsters Health aspects HEK293 Cells Horses Host-Pathogen Interactions Host-virus relationships Humans Identification and classification Livestock Mammals Medicine and health sciences Middle East respiratory syndrome Phylogeny Physiological aspects Proteins Rabbits Rats Research and Analysis Methods SARS-CoV-2 - physiology Severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Sheep Species Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus - metabolism Spike protein Swine Tropism Tropisms Vertebrates Viral diseases Viral Tropism Viral Zoonoses - virology Virus Attachment Zoonoses United Kingdom United States > US China
ISSN:	1545-7885, 1544-9173, 1545-7885
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!