6ZGH

Furin Cleaved Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 in Intermediate Conformation


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 6.80 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Literature

SARS-CoV-2 and bat RaTG13 spike glycoprotein structures inform on virus evolution and furin-cleavage effects.

Wrobel, A.G.Benton, D.J.Xu, P.Roustan, C.Martin, S.R.Rosenthal, P.B.Skehel, J.J.Gamblin, S.J.

(2020) Nat Struct Mol Biol 27: 763-767

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-020-0468-7
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    6ZGE, 6ZGF, 6ZGG, 6ZGH, 6ZGI

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    SARS-CoV-2 is thought to have emerged from bats, possibly via a secondary host. Here, we investigate the relationship of spike (S) glycoprotein from SARS-CoV-2 with the S protein of a closely related bat virus, RaTG13. We determined cryo-EM structures for RaTG13 S and for both furin-cleaved and uncleaved SARS-CoV-2 S; we compared these with recently reported structures for uncleaved SARS-CoV-2 S. We also biochemically characterized their relative stabilities and affinities for the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2. Although the overall structures of human and bat virus S proteins are similar, there are key differences in their properties, including a more stable precleavage form of human S and about 1,000-fold tighter binding of SARS-CoV-2 to human receptor. These observations suggest that cleavage at the furin-cleavage site decreases the overall stability of SARS-CoV-2 S and facilitates the adoption of the open conformation that is required for S to bind to the ACE2 receptor.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Structural Biology of Disease Processes Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. antoni.wrobel@crick.ac.uk.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Spike glycoprotein
A, B, C
1,287Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: S2
UniProt
Find proteins for P0DTC2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2)
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Go to UniProtKB:  P0DTC2
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UniProt GroupP0DTC2
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 6.80 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 
EM Software:
TaskSoftware PackageVersion
MODEL REFINEMENTPHENIX1.18
RECONSTRUCTIONRELION3.1

Structure Validation

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
The Francis Crick InstituteUnited KingdomFC001078
The Francis Crick InstituteUnited KingdomFC001143

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2020-07-01
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2020-09-16
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2021-03-17
    Changes: Database references, Source and taxonomy, Structure summary