N-glycosylation profiles of the SARS-CoV-2 spike D614G mutant and its ancestral protein characterized by advanced mass spectrometry

© 2021. The Author(s)..

N-glycosylation plays an important role in the structure and function of membrane and secreted proteins. The spike protein on the surface of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, is heavily glycosylated and the major target for developing vaccines, therapeutic drugs and diagnostic tests. The first major SARS-CoV-2 variant carries a D614G substitution in the spike (S-D614G) that has been associated with altered conformation, enhanced ACE2 binding, and increased infectivity and transmission. In this report, we used mass spectrometry techniques to characterize and compare the N-glycosylation of the wild type (S-614D) or variant (S-614G) SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoproteins prepared under identical conditions. The data showed that half of the N-glycosylation sequons changed their distribution of glycans in the S-614G variant. The S-614G variant showed a decrease in the relative abundance of complex-type glycans (up to 45%) and an increase in oligomannose glycans (up to 33%) on all altered sequons. These changes led to a reduction in the overall complexity of the total N-glycosylation profile. All the glycosylation sites with altered patterns were in the spike head while the glycosylation of three sites in the stalk remained unchanged between S-614G and S-614D proteins.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 11(2021), 1 vom: 07. Dez., Seite 23561

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Dongxia [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Keppel, Theodore R [VerfasserIn]
Solano, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Baudys, Jakub [VerfasserIn]
Goldstein, Jason [VerfasserIn]
Finn, M G [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Chapman, Asheley P [VerfasserIn]
Bundy, Jonathan L [VerfasserIn]
Woolfitt, Adrian R [VerfasserIn]
Osman, Sarah H [VerfasserIn]
Pirkle, James L [VerfasserIn]
Wentworth, David E [VerfasserIn]
Barr, John R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
EC 3.4.17.23
Glycopeptides
Journal Article
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 15.12.2021

Date Revised 13.09.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-021-02904-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33413238X