Continuous flexibility analysis of SARS-CoV-2 spike prefusion structures.
Melero, R., Sorzano, C.O.S., Foster, B., Vilas, J.L., Martinez, M., Marabini, R., Ramirez-Aportela, E., Sanchez-Garcia, R., Herreros, D., Del Cano, L., Losana, P., Fonseca-Reyna, Y.C., Conesa, P., Wrapp, D., Chacon, P., McLellan, J.S., Tagare, H.D., Carazo, J.M.(2020) IUCrJ 7: 1059-1069
- PubMed: 33063791 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252520012725
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6ZOW, 6ZP5, 6ZP7 - PubMed Abstract: 
Using a new consensus-based image-processing approach together with principal component analysis, the flexibility and conformational dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 spike in the prefusion state have been analysed. These studies revealed concerted motions involving the receptor-binding domain (RBD), N-terminal domain, and subdomains 1 and 2 around the previously characterized 1-RBD-up state, which have been modeled as elastic deformations ...