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Lalit Batra

University of LouisvilleORCID 0000-0002-4375-9004Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:structural biology· 1

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A SARS-CoV-2 entry inhibitor trimerizes to lock the spike protein in a closed conformation

Huihui Mou, Bo Gao, Gang Ye, Lizhou Zhang, Divyasha Saxena, Fan Bu, Jyoti Vishwakarma, Shuo Zhou, Claudia Ruiz Bayona, Li Lin, Yulia A. Getmanenko, Janarjan Bhandari, Charles C. Bailey, Gogce C. Crynen, Claire E. Kitzmiller, , Hyeryun Choe

This paper describes a trimeric inhibitor, S22, that stabilizes the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in a closed conformation, preventing ACE2 binding and viral entry.

Nature Communications · Oct 27, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology