E2 Protein, E2 glycoprotein precursor Protein, S Protein
Classe de substances
Viral Protein
Sujet
Human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63) is one of seven known coronaviruses to infect humans. The virus is an enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus which enters its host cell by binding to ACE2. Infection with the virus has been confirmed worldwide, and has an association with many common symptoms and diseases. The spike protein of HCoV-NL63 is a trimer protruding from the viral membrane to engage cellular receptors and mediate viral fusion with host membranes. Each spike trimer contains two large regions: N-terminal S1 responsible for receptor binding and C-terminal S2 responsible for fusion.