Engineered ACE2 counteracts vaccine-evading SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
N. Ikemura, S. Taminishi, T. Inaba, T. Arimori, D. Motooka, K. Katoh, Y. Kirita, Y. Kirita, S. Li, T. Suzuki, Y. Itoh, Y. Ozaki, S. Nakamura, S. Matoba, D. M. Standley, , A. Hoshino
This paper shows engineered ACE2 neutralizes Omicron and other sarbecoviruses effectively despite its high number of spike mutations.
bioRxiv · Dec 22, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology