Strikingly different roles of SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides uncovered by neutron scattering
A. Santamaria, K. C. Batchu, O. Matsarskaia, S. F. Prevost, D. Russo, F. Natali, T. Seydel, I. Hoffmann, V. Laux, M. Haertlein, T. A. Darwish, R. A. Russell, G. Corucci, G. Fragneto, A. Maestro, N. R. Zaccai
This study uses neutron scattering to reveal how calcium and cholesterol influence the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein's role in membrane fusion during viral entry.
bioRxiv · Aug 30, 2021Biophysics