Structural basis for the neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by an antibody from a convalescent patient

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented health and economic impact, but currently there are no approved therapies. We have isolated an antibody, EY6A, from a late-stage COVID-19 patient and show it neutralises SARS-CoV-2 and cross-reacts with SARS-CoV-1. EY6A Fab binds tightly (KD of 2 nM) the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the viral Spike glycoprotein and a 2.6Å crystal structure of an RBD/EY6A Fab complex identifies the highly conserved epitope, away from the ACE2 receptor binding site. Residues of this epitope are key to stabilising the pre-fusion Spike. Cryo-EM analyses of the pre-fusion Spike incubated with EY6A Fab reveal a complex of the intact trimer with three Fabs bound and two further multimeric forms comprising destabilized Spike attached to Fab. EY6A binds what is probably a major neutralising epitope, making it a candidate therapeutic for COVID-19..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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bioRxiv.org - (2020) vom: 08. Dez. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2020

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Daming [VerfasserIn]
Duyvesteyn, Helen ME [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Cheng-Pin [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chung-Guei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ting-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Shih, Shin-Ru [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Yi-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Chien-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Shu-Hsing [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yhu-Chering [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Tzou-Yien [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Che [VerfasserIn]
Huo, Jiandong [VerfasserIn]
Carrique, Loic [VerfasserIn]
Malinauskas, Tomas [VerfasserIn]
Ruza, Reinis R [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Pranav NM [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Tiong Kit [VerfasserIn]
Rijal, Pramila [VerfasserIn]
Donat, Robert F. [VerfasserIn]
Godwin, Kerry [VerfasserIn]
Buttigieg, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Tree, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Radecke, Julika [VerfasserIn]
Paterson, Neil G [VerfasserIn]
Supasa, Piyasa [VerfasserIn]
Mongkolsapaya, Juthathip [VerfasserIn]
Screaton, Gavin R [VerfasserIn]
Carroll, Miles W. [VerfasserIn]
Jaramillo, Javier G. [VerfasserIn]
Knight, Michael [VerfasserIn]
James, William [VerfasserIn]
Owens, Raymond J [VerfasserIn]
Naismith, James H. [VerfasserIn]
Townsend, Alain [VerfasserIn]
Fry, Elizabeth E [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yuguang [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Jingshan [VerfasserIn]
Stuart, David I [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Kuan-Ying A. [VerfasserIn]

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doi:

10.1101/2020.06.12.148387

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XBI018127924