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ArticleJournal of biomolecular structure & dynamics2022

Structural genetics of circulating variants affecting the SARS-CoV-2 spike/human ACE2 complex.

Francesco Ortuso, Daniele Mercatelli, Pietro Hiram Guzzi, Federico Manuel Giorgi

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Article in Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Francesco OrtusoDepartment of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6235-8161
Daniele MercatelliDepartment of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3228-0580
Pietro Hiram GuzziDepartment of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5542-2997
Federico Manuel GiorgiDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7325-9908
Magna Graecia University · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 entry in human cells is mediated by the interaction between the viral Spike protein and the human ACE2 receptor. This mechanism evolved from the ancestor bat coronavirus and is currently one of the main targets for antiviral strategies. However, there currently exist several Spike protein variants in the SARS-CoV-2 population as the result of mutations, and it is unclear if these variants may exert a specific effect on the affinity with ACE2 which, in turn, is also characterized by multiple alleles in the human population. In the current study, the GBPM analysis, originally developed for highlighting host-guest interaction features, has been applied to define the key amino acids responsible for the Spike/ACE2 molecular recognition, using four different crystallographic structures. Then, we intersected these structural results with the current mutational status, based on more than 295,000 sequenced cases, in the SARS-CoV-2 population. We identified several Spike mutations interacting with ACE2 and mutated in at least 20 distinct patients: S477N, N439K, N501Y, Y453F, E484K, K417N, S477I and G476S. Among these, mutation N501Y in particular is one of the events characterizing SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7, which has recently risen in frequency in Europe. We also identified five ACE2 rare variants that may affect interaction with Spike and susceptibility to infection: S19P, E37K, M82I, E329G and G352V.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.

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SARS-CoV-2Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2COVID-19HumansMutationPeptidyl-Dipeptidase AProtein BindingSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Peptidyl-Dipeptidase ASpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2ACE2COVID-19mutationsSARS-CoV-2spike

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PMCPMC7885719
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