Trimeric SARS-CoV-2 Spike interacts with dimeric ACE2 with limited intra-Spike avidity
I. Lui, X. X. Zhou, S. A. Lim, S. Elledge, P. Solomon, N. J. Rettko, B. S. Zha, L. L. Kirkemo, J. A. Gramespacher, J. Liu, F. Muecksch, J. C. C. Lorenzi, F. Schmidt, Y. Weisblum, D. F. Robbiani, , J. A. Wells
This study investigates the interaction between SARS-CoV-2 Spike and ACE2, showing that dimeric ACE2 binds with high affinity to Spike and blocks viral entry, with limited intra-Spike avidity.
bioRxiv · May 21, 2020 · PreprintBiochemistry