Computer-Based Modeling Can Predict Mutation "Hotspots" and Antibody Escapers in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein (IMAGE)

New York University

Computer-Based Modeling Can Predict Mutation "Hotspots" and Antibody Escapers in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein

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Computational modeling shows that mutations on SARS-CoV-2's spike protein that enhance the virus' ability to bind to the ACE2 receptor occur in two clusters or mutation "hotspots."

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Image courtesy of Hin Hark Gan and Kristin Gunsalus, NYU's Department of Biology

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