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Gene Synthesis> | … ID 212 OOb21562D), Rhinolophus sinicus ACE2 (ORh96277) and Hipposideros armiger ACE2 (Clone 213 ID OHi02685) were ordered from GenScript. Codon-optimized cDNA encoding SARS-CoV-2 S 214 glycoprotein (isolate … | Get A Quote |
(SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the pandemic COVID-19. The virus infects human cells by binding of the virus spike to the cell receptor ACE2. The crystal structure of SARS-CoV-2 spikes in complex with human ACE2 has recently been solved, and the main amino acid residues involved in the virus-receptor complex have been detected. To investigate the affinity of ACE2 of lagomorphs to the SARS-CoV-2 spike, ACE2 sequences from rabbits and American pikas were compared with human ACE2 and with ACE2 from mammals with different susceptibility to the virus. Models of the complex formed by SARS-CoV-2 spike and ACE2 from lagomorphs and from other mammals were created for comparative studies. ACE2 of lagomorphs showed fewer ... More