A thermostable, closed SARS-CoV-2 spike protein trimer.
Xiong, X., Qu, K., Ciazynska, K.A., Hosmillo, M., Carter, A.P., Ebrahimi, S., Ke, Z., Scheres, S.H.W., Bergamaschi, L., Grice, G.L., Zhang, Y., Nathan, J.A., Baker, S., James, L.C., Baxendale, H.E., Goodfellow, I., Doffinger, R., Briggs, J.A.G.(2020) Nat Struct Mol Biol 27: 934-941
- PubMed: 32737467 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-020-0478-5
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6ZOX, 6ZOY, 6ZOZ, 6ZP0, 6ZP1, 6ZP2 - PubMed Abstract: 
The spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2 mediates receptor binding and cell entry and is the dominant target of the immune system. It exhibits substantial conformational flexibility. It transitions from closed to open conformations to expose its receptor-binding site and, subsequently, from prefusion to postfusion conformations to mediate fusion of viral and cellular membranes ...