Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34667336›Full record

ArticleMoscow University biological sciences bulletin2021

Molecular Modeling of the HR2 and Transmembrane Domains of the SARS-CoV-2 S Protein in the Prefusion State.

M E Bozdaganyan, P S Orekhov, D S Litvinov, V N Novoseletsky

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Moscow University biological sciences bulletin, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

M E BozdaganyanBiology Department, Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1647-1627
P S OrekhovBiology Department, Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4078-4762
D S LitvinovBiology Department, Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia.
V N NovoseletskyBiology Department, Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4090-4859

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, remains the focus of research worldwide. SARS-CoV-2 entry into the cell starts with its S protein binding to the angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) expressed on the cell surface. The knowledge of the S protein's spatial structure is indispensable for understanding the molecular principles of its work. The S protein structure has been almost fully described using experimental approaches with the only exception for the protein's endodomain, the transmembrane domain, and the ectodomain parts adjacent to the latter. The paper reports molecular modelling of the S protein fragment corresponding to its coiled coil HR2 domain and fully palmitoylated transmembrane domain. Model stability in lipid bilayer was confirmed by all-atom and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations. It has been demonstrated that palmitoylation leads to a significant decrease in transmembrane domain mobility and local bilayer thickening, which may be relevant for protein trimerization.

Indexed as

lipid bilayermolecular modellingpalmitoylationSARS-CoV-2S proteintrimeric coiled coil

Identifiers

PMID34667336
PMCPMC8517943

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.