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ArticleVirology2007

The S proteins of human coronavirus NL63 and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus bind overlapping regions of ACE2.

Wenhui Li, Jianhua Sui, I-Chueh Huang, Jens H Kuhn, Sheli R Radoshitzky, Wayne A Marasco, Hyeryun Choe, Michael Farzan

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Article in Virology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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111citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

111 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 192 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Mouse models susceptible to HCoV-229E and HCoV-NL63 and cross protection from challenge with SARS-CoV-2.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wenhui LiDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA 01772-9102, USA.
Jianhua Sui
I-Chueh Huang
Jens H Kuhn
Sheli R Radoshitzky
Wayne A Marasco
Hyeryun Choe
Michael Farzan
Harvard University · USBoston Children's Hospital · USNew England Biolabs (United States) · US

Funding

STUDIES OF A SARS-CORONAVIRUS RECEPTORR01AI061601 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI FARZAN, MICHAEL R. · 2004 to 2008
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI061601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cellular receptor for human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63), a group I coronavirus, is angiotensin-converting enzyme2 (ACE2). ACE2 is also the receptor for the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV), a group II coronavirus. Here we describe the ability of HCoV-NL63 to utilize a number of ACE2 variants previously characterized as SARS-CoV receptors. Several ACE2 variants that reduced SARS-CoV S-protein association similarly reduced that of HCoV-NL63, whereas alteration of a number of solvent-exposed ACE2 residues did not interfere with binding by either S protein. One notable exception is ACE2 residue 354, at the boundary of the SARS-CoV binding site, whose alteration markedly inhibited utilization by the HCoV-NL63 but not SARS-CoV S proteins. In addition, the SARS-CoV S-protein receptor-binding domain inhibited entry mediated by the HCoV-NL63 S protein. These studies indicate that HCoV-NL63, like SARS-CoV, associates region of human ACE2 that includes a key loop formed by beta-strands 4 and 5.

Indexed as

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Binding SitesCell LineCoronavirus 229E, HumanCoronavirus InfectionsHumansMembrane GlycoproteinsPeptidyl-Dipeptidase AReceptors, Cell SurfaceSevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirusSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusViral Envelope ProteinsACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Membrane GlycoproteinsPeptidyl-Dipeptidase AReceptors, Cell SurfaceSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike glycoprotein, SARS-CoVspike protein, mouse hepatitis virusViral Envelope Proteins

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PMID17631932
PMCPMC2693060
OpenAlexW2047409850

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