High-throughput identification of prefusion-stabilizing mutations in SARS-CoV-2 spike
T. J. C. Tan, Z. Mou, R. Lei, W. O. Ouyang, M. Yuan, G. Song, R. Andrabi, I. A. Wilson, C. Kieffer, X. Dai, K. A. Matreyek, N. C. Wu
The paper identifies mutations that stabilize the prefusion conformation of SARS-CoV-2 spike while improving expression, using a combination of fluorescence-based assays, cell display, and deep mutational scanning.
bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2022Biochemistry