期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 434, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167357
关键词
SARS-CoV-2; disulfide-reducing agent; disulfide bond; receptor-binding domain; RBD
资金
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research grant [GSP48370, OV5-170349]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council [RGPIN-05280-2016, RGPIN2016-05810, RGPIN-2019-05351]
- University of Saskatchewan
- Canada Research Chairs Programs
The study found that the disulfide bonds of the SARSCoV-2 Spike receptor-binding domain (RBD) play a crucial role in cell receptor binding and viral internalization. Reduction of the four disulfide bonds in the RBD increases flexibility of surface loops, affecting its binding affinity to the ACE2 cell receptor and viral replication.
The current coronavirus pandemic is exerting a tremendously detrimental impact on global health. The Spike proteins of coronaviruses, responsible for cell receptor binding and viral internalization, possess multiple and frequently conserved disulfide bonds raising the question about their role in these proteins. Here, we present a detailed structural and functional investigation of the disulfide bonds of the SARSCoV-2 Spike receptor-binding domain (RBD). Molecular dynamics simulations of the RBD predict increased flexibility of the surface loops when the four disulfide bonds of the domain are reduced. This flexibility is particularly prominent for the disulfide bond-containing surface loop (residues 456-490) that participates in the formation of the interaction surface with the Spike cell receptor ACE2. In vitro, disulfide bond reducing agents affect the RBD secondary structure, lower its melting temperature from 52 degrees C to 36-39 degrees C and decrease its binding affinity to ACE2 by two orders of magnitude at 37 degrees C. Consistent with these in vitro findings, the reducing agents tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine (TCEP) and dithiothreitol (DTT) were able to inhibit viral replication at low millimolar levels in cell-based assays. Our research demonstrates the mechanism by which the disulfide bonds contribute to the molecular structure of the RBD of the Spike protein, allowing the RBD to execute its viral function. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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