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UC Riverside researchers study SARS-CoV-2 M protein, crucial for virus structure, offering insights for intervention.

<p>One small protein in SARS-CoV-2, the Membrane protein, or M protein, is the most abundant and plays a crucial role in how the virus acquires its spherical structure. Nonetheless, this protein’s properties are not well understood. A research team at the University of California, Riverside, has devised a new method to make large quantities of M protein, and has characterized the protein’s physical interactions with the membrane of the virus.</p>

New consortium aims to understand principles underlying the formation of coronaviruses The University of California, Riverside, is the recipient of a 2021 UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives, or MRPI, award allowing the campus to put together a UC Coronavirus Assembly Research Consortium. "This consortium will aim to understand the physical principles underlying the formation of coronaviruses," said Roya Zandi, a professor of physics and astronomy at UC Riverside and the principal ...