Characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike in an Early Prefusion Conformation
Tingting Li, Qingbing Zheng, Hai Jing Yu, Dinghui Wu, Wenhui Xue, Yuyun Zhang, Xiaofen Huang, Lizhi Zhou, Zhigang Zhang, Zhenghui Zha, Tingting Chen, Zhiping Wang, Jie Chen, Hui Sun, Tingting Deng, , Ningshao Xia
The paper characterizes an early prefusion conformation of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein using cryo-EM and shows it forms a homotrimer with significant glycosylation.
bioRxiv · Mar 16, 2020 · PreprintMolecular Biology