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A molecular model shows the heavily glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (cyan, with glycans in grey and other colors) bound to the cellular ACE2 receptor (yellow). A new study highlights the critical role of N-glycans, particularly those attached to the spike protein at sites known as N61 and N801, and N-glycan chaperone proteins in tuning SARS-CoV-2 infectivity.

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Credit: Qi Yang et al., as published on Sept. 23, 2022 in Science Advances. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq8678

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