The role of furin cleavage site in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-mediated membrane fusion in the presence or absence of trypsin
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2020Author
Xia, Shuai
Lan, Qiaoshuai
Su, Shan
Wang, Xinling
Xu, Wei
Liu, Zezhong
Zhu, Yun
Wang, Qian
Lu, Lu
Jiang, Shibo
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Dear Editor,
The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 (also known as 2019-nCoV and HCoV-191), a novel lineage B betacoronavirus (βCoV), has caused a global pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). It has been speculated that RRAR, a unique furin-like cleavage site (FCS) in the spike protein (S), which is absent in other lineage B βCoVs, such as SARS-CoV, is responsible for its high infectivity and transmissibility.2
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trypsin; HCoV-191; betacoronavirus (βCoV); transmissibilityLink to resource
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