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Receptor Recognition by the Novel Coronavirus from Wuhan: an Analysis Based on Decade-Long Structural Studies of SARS Coronavirus
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The recent emergence of Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV) puts the world on alert. 2019-nCoV is reminiscent of the SARS-CoV outbreak in 2002 to 2003. Our decade-long structural studies on the receptor recognition by SARS-CoV have identified key interactions between SARS-CoV spike protein and its host receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which regulate both the cross-species and human-to-human transmissions of SARS-CoV. One of the goals of SARS-CoV research was to build an atomic-level iterative framework of virus-receptor interactions to facilitate epidemic surveillance, predict species-specific receptor usage, and identify potential animal hosts and animal models of viruses. Based on the sequence of 2019-nCoV spike protein, we apply this predictive framework to provide novel insights into the receptor usage and likely host range of 2019-nCoV. This study provides a robust test of this reiterative framework, providing the basic, translational, and public health research communities with predictive insights that may help study and battle this novel 2019-nCoV.
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“RBD contains a core structure and a variable receptor-binding motif (RBM; 437–508 a.a.) which interacts and attaches with the host cell ACE-2 receptor (Fig. 2) [7].”
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“RBD contains a core structure and a variable receptor-binding motif (RBM; 437–508 a.a.) which interacts and attaches with the host cell ACE-2 receptor (Fig. 2) [7].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wan, Y., Shang, J., Graham, R., Baric, R. S., & Li, F.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Corresponding author
- Li, Fang
- Venue
- Journal of Virology
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Published
- 2020-03-17
- Volume
- 94
- Issue
- 7
- ISSN
- 0022-538X (ISSN-L)
- 1098-5514
- PMC
- PMC7081895
- OpenAlex
- W3004348779
- Cited by
- 4,341
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 27 · 2025: 75 · 2024: 170 · 2023: 299 · 2022: 619 · 2021: 1273 · 2020: 1865
- FWCI
- 133.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Virology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI089728, R01AI110700)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Virus Infections Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Keywords
- SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, spike protein, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, receptor recognition, host range prediction, interspecies transmission, human-to-human transmission, animal models, disease surveillance
- MeSH terms
- Protein Domains, Betacoronavirus, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, China, Chiroptera, Humans, Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A, Models, Molecular, Phylogeny, Pneumonia, Viral, Receptors, Virus, Sequence Alignment, Coronavirus Infections, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus, Host Specificity, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
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