Discriminating betacoronavirus receptor usage across subgenera using protein structure prediction and molecular dynamics
A critical step in the emergence of a virus is the ability of the viral protein to bind a host receptor and mediate cell entry. For many coronaviruses, this interaction occurs between the Spike S1 subunit and the human ACE2 receptor. Whether this binding interface can be computationally distinguished across unstudied viruses without experimentally resolved protein structures remains an open…
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