n-protein and glycan-glycan interactions in the SARS-CoV-2 viral Spike protein-ACE2 human receptor complex. Introduction The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus, is responsible for the severe acute respiratory syndrome referred to as COVID-19 that was first reported in China in December 2019 (Zhou et al., 2020). In approximately six months, this