Examining Functional Linkages Between Conformational Dynamics, Protein Stability and Evolution of Cryptic Binding Pockets in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Spike Complexes with the ACE2 Host Receptor: Recombinant Omicron Variants Mediate Variability of Conserved Allosteric Sites and Binding Epitopes
M. Alshahrani, G. Gupta, S. Xiao…·G. Verkhivker
This study uses simulations and analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants to examine conformational dynamics, protein stability, and evolution of cryptic binding pockets in the spike complex with ACE2.