Ankita Ray, Thu Thi Minh Tran, Rita Dos Santos Natividade, Rodrigo A Moreira, Joshua D Simpson, Danahe Mohammed, Melanie Koehler, Simon J L Petitjean, Qingrong Zhang, Fabrice Bureau, Laurent Gillet, Adolfo B Poma, David Alsteens
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic spurred numerous research endeavors to comprehend the virus and mitigate its global severity. Understanding the binding interface between the virus and human receptors is pivotal to these efforts and paramount to curbing infection and transmission. Here we employ atomic force microscopy and steered molecular dynamics simulation to explore SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (RBD) variants and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), examining the impact of mutations at key residues upon binding affinity...
April 17, 2024: ACS Nanosci Au