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ArticleBiochemistry2021

Site-Specific Steric Control of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycosylation.

Joel D Allen, Himanshi Chawla, Firdaus Samsudin, Lorena Zuzic, Aishwary Tukaram Shivgan, Yasunori Watanabe, Wan-Ting He, Sean Callaghan, Ge Song, Peter Yong and 17 more

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Article in Biochemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors at 9 institutions in 6 countries.

Joel D AllenSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-2547-968X
Himanshi ChawlaSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-9828-6593
Firdaus SamsudinBioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138671.
Lorena ZuzicBioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138671.ORCID 0000-0002-7834-612X
Aishwary Tukaram ShivganBioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138671.ORCID 0000-0002-2032-8738
Yasunori WatanabeSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-7952-1268
Wan-Ting HeDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Sean CallaghanDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Ge SongDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Peter YongDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4899-3270
Philip J M BrouwerDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Yutong SongTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2206-9549
Yongfei CaiDivision of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Helen M E DuyvesteynDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, U.K.
Tomas MalinauskasDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-4847-5529
Joeri KintExcellGene SA, CH1870 Monthey, Switzerland.
Paco PinoExcellGene SA, CH1870 Monthey, Switzerland.
Maria J WurmExcellGene SA, CH1870 Monthey, Switzerland.
Martin FrankBiognos AB, Generatorsgatan 1, 41705 Göteborg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1006-6746
Bing ChenDivision of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
David I StuartDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-3426-4210
Rogier W SandersDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Raiees AndrabiDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Dennis R BurtonDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Sai LiTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9353-0355
Peter J BondBioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138671.ORCID 0000-0003-2900-098X
Max CrispinSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-1072-2694
Scripps Research Institute · USAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SGUniversity of Southampton · GBCentre for Human Genetics · GBBoston Children's Hospital · USCenter for Life Sciences · CNAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLBiognos (Sweden) · SECornell University · US

Funding

Identification of neutralizing epitopes on SARS-CoV-2 spike for design of vaccines and small-molecule antiviralsUM1AI144462 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI BURTON, DENNIS R. · 2019 to 2025
$201.6M
Structural studies of native-like SOSIP trimersP01AI110657 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI MOORE, JOHN P · 2015 to 2024
$35.4M
Structure-function studies of the membrane-interacting domains of HIV-1 Env spikeR01AI127193 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHEN, BING, HARRISON, STEPHEN COPLAN · 2016 to 2025
$8.4M
Structure of the full-length spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 in the context of membraneR01AI147884 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHEN, BING · 2020 to 2024
$3.4M
Structural Basis of Coreceptor Recognition by HIV-1 Envelope SpikeR01AI141002 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHEN, BING · 2018 to 2022
$2.6M
Cancer Research UK 26752Medical Research Council MR/N00065X/1Medical Research Council MR/V001329/1NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI110657NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127193NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI141002NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI147884NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI144462Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A central tenet in the design of vaccines is the display of native-like antigens in the elicitation of protective immunity. The abundance of N-linked glycans across the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is a potential source of heterogeneity among the many different vaccine candidates under investigation. Here, we investigate the glycosylation of recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins from five different laboratories and compare them against S protein from infectious virus, cultured in Vero cells. We find patterns that are conserved across all samples, and this can be associated with site-specific stalling of glycan maturation that acts as a highly sensitive reporter of protein structure. Molecular dynamics simulations of a fully glycosylated spike support a model of steric restrictions that shape enzymatic processing of the glycans. These results suggest that recombinant spike-based SARS-CoV-2 immunogen glycosylation reproducibly recapitulates signatures of viral glycosylation.

Indexed as

Protein ConformationAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesGlycosylationHumansMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BindingSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusVero CellsCOVID-19 VaccinesSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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PMID34213308
PMCPMC8262170
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