Coronacept - a potent immunoadhesin against SARS-CoV-2
Cohen-Dvashi, H.; Weinstein, J.; Katz, M.; Eilon, M.; Mor, Y.; Shimon, A.; Strobelt, R.; Shemesh, M.; Fleishman, S. J.; Diskin, R.
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the cellular receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Computational analysis of mammalian ACE2 orthologues suggests various residues at the interface with the viral receptor binding domain that could facilitate tighter interaction compared to the human-ACE2. Introducing several mutations to the human-ACE2 resulted with significantly augmented affinity to the viral spike complex. This modified human-ACE2 fused to an Fc portion of an antibody makes a potent immunoadhesin that effectively targets SARS-CoV-2.
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