When the COVID-19 pandemic first began, we saw how quickly the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolved. New variants emerged with mutations that increased transmissibility or helped the virus evade our immune ...

The spike protein of the coronavirus ... Researchers have deployed a number of computational methods to examine the spike-ACE2 interaction. The ab initio quantum mechanical model approach, which is ...

Swipe to advance through slides First, It Binds to a Lung Cell When a virus spike protein latches onto an ACE2 receptor, a protease enzyme slices off the spike's head. (ACE2 normally helps ...