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Site-specific glycan analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike

Site-specific glycan analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike
Site-specific glycan analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike

The emergence of the betacoronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), represents a considerable threat to global human health. Vaccine development is focused on the principal target of the humoral immune response, the spike (S) glycoprotein, which mediates cell entry and membrane fusion. The SARS-CoV-2 S gene encodes 22 N-linked glycan sequons per protomer, which likely play a role in protein folding and immune evasion. Here, using a site-specific mass spectrometric approach, we reveal the glycan structures on a recombinant SARS-CoV-2 S immunogen. This analysis enables mapping of the glycan-processing states across the trimeric viral spike. We show how SARS-CoV-2 S glycans differ from typical host glycan processing, which may have implications in viral pathobiology and vaccine design.

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330-333
Watanabe, Yasunori
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Allen, Joel D.
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Wrapp, Daniel
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Watanabe, Yasunori, Allen, Joel D., Wrapp, Daniel, Mclellan, Jason S. and Crispin, Max (2020) Site-specific glycan analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike. Science, 369 (6501), 330-333. (doi:10.1126/science.abb9983).

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The emergence of the betacoronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), represents a considerable threat to global human health. Vaccine development is focused on the principal target of the humoral immune response, the spike (S) glycoprotein, which mediates cell entry and membrane fusion. The SARS-CoV-2 S gene encodes 22 N-linked glycan sequons per protomer, which likely play a role in protein folding and immune evasion. Here, using a site-specific mass spectrometric approach, we reveal the glycan structures on a recombinant SARS-CoV-2 S immunogen. This analysis enables mapping of the glycan-processing states across the trimeric viral spike. We show how SARS-CoV-2 S glycans differ from typical host glycan processing, which may have implications in viral pathobiology and vaccine design.

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Accepted/In Press date: 29 April 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 4 May 2020
Published date: 17 July 2020

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Local EPrints ID: 440603
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/440603
ISSN: 0036-8075
PURE UUID: 3e1944dc-7579-4271-a2ca-39397393c65e
ORCID for Joel D. Allen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2547-968X
ORCID for Max Crispin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1072-2694

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Date deposited: 12 May 2020 16:30
Last modified: 02 May 2024 02:00

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Author: Yasunori Watanabe
Author: Joel D. Allen ORCID iD
Author: Daniel Wrapp
Author: Jason S. Mclellan
Author: Max Crispin ORCID iD

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