Vaccine-elicited murine antibody WS6 neutralizes diverse beta-coronaviruses by recognizing a helical stem supersite of vulnerability
W. Shi, L. Wang, T. Zhou, M. Sastry, E. S. Yang, Y. Zhang, M. Chen, X. Chen, M. Choe, A. Creanga, K. Leung, A. S. Olia, A. Pegu, R. Rawi, C.-H. Shen, , P. D. Kwong
This paper identifies an antibody, WS6, from a mouse immunized with SARS-CoV-2 spike mRNA, which neutralizes diverse beta-coronaviruses by targeting a conserved helical epitope on the S2 subunit.
bioRxiv · Jan 25, 2022Immunology