期刊
PATHOGENS
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11010045
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omicron; SARS-CoV-2; spike; variants; binding affinity
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This study evaluated the changes in the viral spike of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and found an increased interaction with the human ACE2 receptor. This contributes to a better understanding of the impact of Omicron variant on virus pathogenicity.
The rise of SARS-CoV-2 variants, with changes that could be related to an increased virus pathogenicity, have received the interest of the scientific and medical community. In this study, we evaluated the changes that occurred in the viral spike of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and whether these changes modulate the interactions with the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) host receptor. The mutations associated with the Omicron variant were retrieved from the GISAID and covariants.org databases, and a structural model was built using the SWISS-Model server. The interaction between the spike and the human ACE2 was evaluated using two different docking software, Zdock and Haddock. We found that the binding free energy was lower for the Omicron variant as compared to the WT spike. In addition, the Omicron spike protein showed an increased number of electrostatic interactions with ACE2 than the WT spike, especially the interactions related to charged residues. This study contributes to a better understanding of the changes in the interaction between the Omicron spike and the human host ACE2 receptor.
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