SARS-CoV-2: Shaping its Spherical Form
UC Riverside researchers study SARS-CoV-2 M protein, crucial for virus structure, offering insights for intervention.
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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>
UC Riverside study could inform the design of effective drugs to fight SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses
A physicist at the University of California, Riverside, and her former graduate student have successfully modeled the formation of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that spreads COVID-19, for the first time.
The virus SARS-CoV-2 has four structural proteins, that includes Envelope (E), Membrane (M), Nucleocapsid (N), and Spike (S) , used to enter and infect human cells.