The Structure of the Membrane Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Resembles the Sugar Transporter SemiSWEET.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the disease COVID-19 that has decimated the health and economy of our planet. The virus causes the disease not only in people but also in companion and wild animals. People with diabetes are at risk of the disease. As yet we do not know why the virus has been highly successful in causing the pandemic within 3 months of its first report. The structural proteins of SARS include membrane glycoprotein (M), envelope protein (E), nucleocapsid protein (N), and the spike protein (S).

Methods

The structure and function of the most abundant structural protein of SARS-CoV-2, the membrane (M) glycoprotein, is not fully understood. Using in silico analyses we determined the structure and pot

SUBMITTER: Thomas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7608487 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature