TY - JOUR
T1 - The structural basis of accelerated host cell entry by SARS-CoV-2 dagger
AU - Seyran, Murat
AU - Takayama, Kazuo
AU - Uversky, Vladimir N.
AU - Lundstrom, Kenneth
AU - Palù, Giorgio
AU - Sherchan, Samendra P.
AU - Attrish, Diksha
AU - Rezaei, Nima
AU - Aljabali, Alaa A.a.
AU - Ghosh, Shinjini
AU - Pizzol, Damiano
AU - Chauhan, Gaurav
AU - Adadi, Parise
AU - Mohamed Abd El‐aziz, Tarek
AU - Soares, Antonio G
AU - Kandimalla, Ramesh
AU - Tambuwala, Murtaza
AU - Sarif Hassan, Sk.
AU - Kumar Azad, Gajendra
AU - Pal Choudhury, Pabitra
AU - Baetas‐da‐cruz, Wagner
AU - Serrano‐aroca, Ángel
AU - Brufsky, Adam M.
AU - Uhal, Bruce D.
PY - 2020/12/2
Y1 - 2020/12/2
N2 - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of the pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that exhibits an overwhelming contagious capacity over other Human Coronaviruses (HCoVs). This structural snapshot describes the structural bases underlying the pandemic capacity of SARS-CoV-2 and explains its fast motion over respiratory epithelia that allow its rapid cellular entry. Based on notable viral spike (S) protein features, we propose that the flat sialic acid-binding domain at the N-terminal domain (NTD) of the S1 subunit leads to more effective first contact and interaction with the sialic acid layer over the epithelium and this, in turn, allows faster viral "surfing" of the epithelium and receptor scanning by SARS-CoV-2. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) protein on the epithelial surface is the primary entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2, and protein-protein interaction assays demonstrate high-affinity binding of the S protein to ACE-2. To date, no high-frequency mutations were detected at the C-terminal domain (CTD) of the S1 subunit in the S protein, where the receptor-binding domain (RBD) is located. Tight binding to ACE-2 by a conserved viral RBD suggests the ACE2-RBD interaction is likely optimal. Moreover, the viral S subunit contains a cleavage site for furin and other proteases, which accelerates cell entry by SARS-CoV-2. The model proposed here describes a structural basis for the accelerated host cell entry by SARS-CoV-2 relative to other HCoVs, and also discusses emerging hypotheses that are likely to contribute to the development of antiviral strategies to combat the pandemic capacity of SARS-CoV-2.
AB - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of the pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that exhibits an overwhelming contagious capacity over other Human Coronaviruses (HCoVs). This structural snapshot describes the structural bases underlying the pandemic capacity of SARS-CoV-2 and explains its fast motion over respiratory epithelia that allow its rapid cellular entry. Based on notable viral spike (S) protein features, we propose that the flat sialic acid-binding domain at the N-terminal domain (NTD) of the S1 subunit leads to more effective first contact and interaction with the sialic acid layer over the epithelium and this, in turn, allows faster viral "surfing" of the epithelium and receptor scanning by SARS-CoV-2. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) protein on the epithelial surface is the primary entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2, and protein-protein interaction assays demonstrate high-affinity binding of the S protein to ACE-2. To date, no high-frequency mutations were detected at the C-terminal domain (CTD) of the S1 subunit in the S protein, where the receptor-binding domain (RBD) is located. Tight binding to ACE-2 by a conserved viral RBD suggests the ACE2-RBD interaction is likely optimal. Moreover, the viral S subunit contains a cleavage site for furin and other proteases, which accelerates cell entry by SARS-CoV-2. The model proposed here describes a structural basis for the accelerated host cell entry by SARS-CoV-2 relative to other HCoVs, and also discusses emerging hypotheses that are likely to contribute to the development of antiviral strategies to combat the pandemic capacity of SARS-CoV-2.
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/febs.15651
UR - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33264497/
U2 - 10.1111/febs.15651
DO - 10.1111/febs.15651
M3 - Article
C2 - 33264497
SN - 1742-464X
VL - 288
SP - 5010
EP - 5020
JO - The FEBS journal
JF - The FEBS journal
IS - 17
ER -