Elucidating the behavior of the SARS-CoV-2 virus surface at vapor-liquid interfaces using molecular dynamics simulation
Aerosols play a major role in the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The behavior of the virus within aerosols is therefore of fundamental importance. On the surface of a SARS-CoV-2 virus, there are about 40 spike proteins, which each have a length of about 20 nm. They are glycosylated trimers, which are highly flexible, due to their structure. These spike proteins play a central role in the intrusion of the virus into human host cells and are, therefore, a focus of vaccine development. In this work, we have studied the behavior of spike proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the presence of a vapor-liquid interface by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Systematically, the behavior of the spike protein at different distances to a vapor-liquid interface were studied. The results reveal that the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is repelled from the vapor-liquid interface and has a strong affinity to stay inside the bulk liquid phase. Therefore, the spike protein bends when a vapor-liquid interface approaches the top of the protein. This has important consequences for understanding the behavior of the virus during the dry-out of aerosol droplets.
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:121 |
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 121(2024), 13 vom: 26. März, Seite e2317194121 |
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Englisch |
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Fleckenstein, Florian [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 21.03.2024 Date Revised 05.04.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.1073/pnas.2317194121 |
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