Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T155 |
0-51 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Spike glycoprotein comprised of S1 and S2 subunits. |
T156 |
52-312 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The S1 subunit contains a signal peptide, followed by an N-terminal domain (NTD) and receptor-binding domain (RBD), while the S2 subunit contains conserved fusion peptide (FP), heptad repeat (HR) 1 and 2, transmembrane domain (TM), and cytoplasmic domain (CP). |
T157 |
313-494 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We found that the S2 subunit of 2019-nCoV is highly conserved and shares 99% identity with those of the two bat SARS-like CoVs (SL-CoV ZXC21 and ZC45) and human SARS-CoV (Figure 2). |
T158 |
495-662 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Thus the broad spectrum antiviral peptides against S2 would be an important preventive and treatment modality for testing in animal models before clinical trials [18]. |
T159 |
663-890 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Though the S1 subunit of 2019-nCoV shares around 70% identity to that of the two bat SARS-like CoVs and human SARS-CoV (Figure 3(A)), the core domain of RBD (excluding the external subdomain) are highly conserved (Figure 3(B)). |
T160 |
891-1043 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Most of the amino acid differences of RBD are located in the external subdomain, which is responsible for the direct interaction with the host receptor. |
T161 |
1044-1192 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Further investigation of this soluble variable external subdomain region will reveal its receptor usage, interspecies transmission and pathogenesis. |
T162 |
1193-1373 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Unlike 2019-nCoV and human SARS-CoV, most known bat SARSr-CoVs have two stretches of deletions in the spike receptor binding domain (RBD) when compared with that of human SARS-CoV. |
T163 |
1374-1489 |
Sentence |
denotes |
But some Yunnan strains such as the WIV1 had no such deletions and can use human ACE2 as a cellular entry receptor. |
T164 |
1490-1716 |
Sentence |
denotes |
It is interesting to note that the two bat SARS-related coronavirus ZXC21 and ZC45, being closest to 2019-nCoV, can infect suckling rats and cause inflammation in the brain tissue, and pathological changes in lung & intestine. |
T165 |
1717-1817 |
Sentence |
denotes |
However, these two viruses could not be isolated in Vero E6 cells and were not investigated further. |
T166 |
1818-1975 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The two retained deletion sites in the Spike genes of ZXC21 and ZC45 may lessen their likelihood of jumping species barriers imposed by receptor specificity. |
T167 |
1976-1985 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Figure 2. |
T168 |
1986-2044 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Comparison of protein sequences of Spike stalk S2 subunit. |
T169 |
2045-2413 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Multiple alignment of Spike S2 amino acid sequences of 2019-nCoV HKU-SZ-005b (accession number MN975262), bat SARS-like coronavirus isolates bat-SL-CoVZXC21 and bat-SL-CoVZXC45 (accession number MG772934.1 and MG772933.1, respectively) and human SARS coronavirus (accession number NC004718) was performed and displayed using CLUSTAL 2.1 and BOXSHADE 3.21 respectively. |
T170 |
2414-2532 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The black boxes represent the identity while the grey boxes represent the similarity of the four amino acid sequences. |
T171 |
2533-2542 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Figure 3. |
T172 |
2543-2580 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Comparison of protein sequences of A. |
T173 |
2581-2611 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Spike globular head S1, and B. |
T174 |
2612-2653 |
Sentence |
denotes |
S1 receptor-binding domain (RBD) subunit. |
T175 |
2654-3203 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Multiple alignment of Spike S1 amino acid sequences of 2019-nCoV HKU-SZ-005b (accession number MN975262), bat SARS-like coronavirus isolates bat-SL-CoVZXC21, bat-SL-CoVZXC45, bat-SL-CoV-YNLF_31C, bat-SL-CoV-YNLF_34C and bat SL-CoV HKU3-1 (accession number MG772934.1 and MG772933.1, KP886808, KP886809 and DQ022305, respectively), human SARS coronavirus GZ02 and Tor2 (accession number AY390556 and AY274119, respectively) and Paguma SARS-CoV (accession number AY515512) was performed and displayed using CLUSTAL 2.1 and BOXSHADE 3.21, respectively. |
T176 |
3204-3329 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The black background represents the identity while the grey background represents the similarity of the amino acid sequences. |
T177 |
3330-3474 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Orange box indicates the region of signal peptide, while green and blue boxes indicate the core domain and receptor binding domain respectively. |
T178 |
3475-3537 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Sequences of RBD, highlighted in (A) were used for comparison. |
T179 |
3538-3690 |
Sentence |
denotes |
External subdomain variable region of 2019-nCoV HKU-SZ-005b was predicted by comparison of amino acid similarity and published structural analysis [17]. |
T180 |
3691-3742 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Purple box indicates the external subdomain region. |