The SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein biosynthesis, structure, function, and antigenicity: implications for the design of spike-based vaccine immunogens

L Duan, Q Zheng, H Zhang, Y Niu, Y Lou… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), poses a grave threat to global public …

[HTML][HTML] Exploitation of glycosylation in enveloped virus pathobiology

Y Watanabe, TA Bowden, IA Wilson… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Glycosylation is a ubiquitous post-translational modification responsible for a multitude of
crucial biological roles. As obligate parasites, viruses exploit host-cell machinery to …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular architecture of the SARS-CoV-2 virus

H Yao, Y Song, Y Chen, N Wu, J Xu, C Sun, J Zhang… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 is an enveloped virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite recent
advances in the structural elucidation of SARS-CoV-2 proteins, the detailed architecture of …

Site-specific glycan analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike

Y Watanabe, JD Allen, D Wrapp, JS McLellan… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The emergence of the betacoronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), represents a …

[HTML][HTML] Unexpected receptor functional mimicry elucidates activation of coronavirus fusion

AC Walls, X **ong, YJ Park, MA Tortorici, J Snijder… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Recent outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory
syndrome, along with the threat of a future coronavirus-mediated pandemic, underscore the …

Vulnerabilities in coronavirus glycan shields despite extensive glycosylation

Y Watanabe, ZT Berndsen, J Raghwani… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
coronaviruses (CoVs) are zoonotic pathogens with high fatality rates and pandemic …

Structural features of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: Targets for vaccination

A Sternberg, C Naujokat - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Various human pathogenic viruses employ envelope glycoproteins for host cell receptor
recognition and binding, membrane fusion and viral entry. The spike (S) glycoprotein of …

Lassa fever—the road ahead

RF Garry - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Lassa virus (LASV) is endemic in the rodent populations of Sierra Leone, Nigeria and other
countries in West Africa. Spillover to humans occurs frequently and results in Lassa fever, a …

Structural insights into the modulation of coronavirus spike tilting and infectivity by hinge glycans

D Chmielewski, EA Wilson, G Pintilie, P Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Coronavirus spike glycoproteins presented on the virion surface mediate receptor binding,
and membrane fusion during virus entry and constitute the primary target for vaccine and …

A computationally designed antigen eliciting broad humoral responses against SARS-CoV-2 and related sarbecoviruses

S Vishwanath, GW Carnell, M Ferrari… - Nature Biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
The threat of spillovers of coronaviruses associated with the severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS) from animals to humans necessitates vaccines that offer broader …