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SUBMITTER: Watanabe K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8078196 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Watanabe Kazuki K Watanabe Chiduru C Honma Teruki T Tian Yu-Shi YS Kawashima Yusuke Y Kawashita Norihito N Takagi Tatsuya T Fukuzawa Kaori K
The journal of physical chemistry letters 20210421 16
The spike glycoprotein (S-protein) mediates SARS-CoV-2 entry via intermolecular interaction with human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2. The receptor binding domain (RBD) of the S-protein has been considered critical for this interaction and acts as the target of numerous neutralizing antibodies and antiviral peptides. This study used the fragment molecular orbital method to analyze the interactions between the RBD and antibodies/peptides and extracted crucial residues that can be used as epitope ...[more]