The polybasic insert, the RBD of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, and the feline coronavirus - evolved or yet to evolve

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Budhraja, Anshul, Pandey, Sakshi, Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan, Verma, Chandra Shekhar, Venkatraman, Prasanna
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Biological Sciences
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2021
• الموضوعات: Science::Biological sciences; Spike Protein; Furin
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146866

Recent research on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has exploded around the furin-cleavable polybasic insert PRRAR↓S, found within the spike protein. The insert and the receptor-binding domain, (RBD), are vital clues in the Sherlock Holmes-like investigation into the origin of the virus and in its zoonotic c...