Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T180 |
0-21 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Binding Free Energies |
T181 |
22-526 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The binding energetics between ACE2 and the RBD of SARS-COV, nCOV-2019, and all its mutant complexes were investigated by the MMPBSA method.48 The binding energy was partitioned into its individual components including: electrostatic, van der Waals, polar solvation, and SASA to identify important factors affecting the interface of RBD and ACE2 in all complexes. nCOV-2019 has a total binding energy of −50.22 ± 1.93 kcal/mol, whereas SARS-COV has a much higher binding energy of −18.79 ± 1.53 kcal/mol. |
T182 |
527-769 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Decomposition of binding energy to its components show that the most striking difference between nCOV-2019 and SARS-COV is the electrostatic contribution which is −746.69 ± 2.66 kcal/mol for nCOV-2019 and −600.14 ± 7.65 kcal/mol for SARS-COV. |
T183 |
770-1074 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This high electrostatic contribution is compensated by a large polar solvation free energy which is 797.30 ± 3.12kcal/mol for nCOV-2019 and 659.61 ± 8.98 kcal/mol for SARS-COV. nCOV-2019 also possess a higher van der Waals (vdw) contribution (−89.93 ± 0.46 kcal/mol than SARS-COV (−70.07 ± 1.22 kcal/mol. |
T184 |
1075-1194 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Furthermore, the SASA contribution to binding for SARS-COV was −8.30 ± 0.15 kcal/mol and −10.58 kcal/mol for nCOV-2019. |
T185 |
1195-1326 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Both hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions play major roles in the higher affinity of nCOV-2019 RBD than SARS-COV RBD to ACE2. |
T186 |
1327-1583 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The binding free energies for nCOV-2019 and SARS-COV were decomposed into a per-residue based binding energy to find the residues that contribute strongly to the binding and are responsible for higher binding affinity of nCOV-2019 than SARS-COV (Figure 7). |
T187 |
1584-1703 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Most of the residues in the RBM of nCOV-2019 had more favorable contribution to the total binding energy than SARS-COV. |
T188 |
1704-1854 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Residues Q498, Y505, N501, Q493, and K417 in nCOV-2019 RBM contributed more than 5 kcal/mol to binding affinity and are crucial for complex formation. |
T189 |
1855-1944 |
Sentence |
denotes |
A few residues such as E484 and S494 contributed unfavorably to the total binding energy. |
T190 |
1945-2065 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Among all the interface residues K417 had the highest contribution to the total binding energy (−12.34 ± 0.23 kcal/mol). |
T191 |
2066-2236 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The corresponding residue in SARS-COV is V404 only had a −0.02 ± 0.01 kcal/mol contribution, which points to the importance of this residue for nCOV-2019 binding to ACE2. |
T192 |
2237-2395 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Residue Q498 contributed −6.72 ± 0.18 kcal/mol and its corresponding residue in SARS-COV is a Y484 that contributed to total binding by −1.83 ± 0.06 kcal/mol. |
T193 |
2396-2575 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Other important residues Y505 and N501 have more negative contribution to total binding energy than their counterparts in SARS-COV residues Y491 and T487, respectively (Figure 7). |
T194 |
2576-2796 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Residue D480 in SARS-COV contributed positively to binding energy by 6.2 ± 0.15 kcal/mol and the corresponding residue in nCOV-2019 which is a S494 residue lowered this positive contribution to only 1.17 ± 0.06 kcal/mol. |
T195 |
2797-3205 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Mutation D480A/G appeared to be a dominant mutation in SARS-COV in 2002–2003.51 This mutation was reported to escape neutralization by antibody 80R.52 To investigate the effect of this point mutation on binding of SARS-COV RBD to ACE2 we performed an additional simulation and calculated the binding affinity for this mutant in SARS-COV RBD with the same approach for other mutation in this study (Figure 8). |
T196 |
3206-3337 |
Sentence |
denotes |
D480A mutation showed a binding affinity of 23.46 ± 3.07 kcal/mol which is about 5 kcal/mol higher than the wild-type SARS-COV RBD. |
T197 |
3338-3545 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In SARS-COV, residue R426 had the highest contribution to the total binding energy (−6.27 ± 0.22 kcal/mol although the corresponding residue in nCOV-2019 is N439 with a contribution of −0.32 ± 0.02 kcal/mol. |
T198 |
3546-3691 |
Sentence |
denotes |
These important mutations on RBM of nCOV-2019 from SARS-COV caused RBD of nCOV-2019 to bind ACE2 with much stronger (about 30 kcal/mol) affinity. |
T199 |
3692-3781 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Figure 7 Binding energy decomposition per residue for the RBM of nCOV-2019 and SARS-COV. |
T200 |
3782-3854 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Figure 8 Total free binding energy of SARS-COV, nCOV-2019, and mutants. |
T201 |
3855-3904 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Natural mutants are shown with X at the bar base. |
T202 |
3905-4011 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Binding free energy decomposition to its individual components for all mutants is represented in Table S2. |
T203 |
4012-4198 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In all complexes, a large positive polar solvation free energy disfavors the binding and complex formation, which is compensated by a large negative electrostatic free energy of binding. |
T204 |
4199-4238 |
Sentence |
denotes |
All variants had similar SASA energies. |
T205 |
4239-4352 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The vdw free energy of binding ranged from −84.68 ± 0.68 kcal/mol for Q493A to −103.85 ± 0.66 kcal/mol for Y489A. |
T206 |
4353-4590 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Mutant K417A had the lowest electrostatic contribution to binding −415.67 ± 5.07 kcal/mol and mutants N439K and E484A had the highest electrostatic binding contribution of −989.80 ± 5.6 kcal/mol and −941.20 ± 3.95 kcal/mol, respectively. |
T207 |
4591-4753 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Most alanine substitutions exhibited similar or lower total binding affinities to nCOV-2019, however a few mutants had higher binding affinity than the wild type. |
T208 |
4754-4884 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Mutant Y489A had a total binding energy of −61.78 ± 2.59 kcal/mol which was about 11 kcal/mol lower than wild type binding energy. |
T209 |
4885-4982 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Mutants G446A, G447A, and T478I also demonstrated higher total binding affinities than nCOV-2019. |
T210 |
4983-5068 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Other alanine substitutions had similar or lower total binding energy than nCOV-2019. |
T211 |
5069-5184 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Mutant G502A has the lowest binding affinity among all the mutants with a binding energy of −24.31 ± 2.98 kcal/mol. |
T212 |
5185-5330 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Mutant systems K417A, L455A, T500A, and N501A are the other mutants with total binding affinities significantly lower than the wild type complex. |
T213 |
5331-5439 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The electrostatic component of binding contributes the most to the low binding affinities for these mutants. |
T214 |
5440-5566 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The contribution of RBM residues to binding with ACE2 for nCOV-2019 was mapped to the RBD structure and is shown in Figure 9B. |
T215 |
5567-5712 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Figure 9 (A) H bonds between RBD of nCOV-2019 and SARS-COV. (B) Mapping contribution of interface residues to structure in the RBD of nCOV-2019. |
T216 |
5713-5754 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The RBD is purple and the ACE2 is yellow. |
T217 |
5755-5932 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The RBD in contact with AC2 is rendered in a surface format with more red being a favorable contribution to binding (more negative) and blue unfavorable contribution (positive). |
T218 |
5933-6045 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Most natural mutants exhibited similar binding affinities compared to wild-type nCOV-2019 with a few exceptions. |
T219 |
6046-6217 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Mutation T478I which is one of the most frequent mutations based on the GISAID database has a binding affinity which is about 6 kcal/mol higher than that of the wild-type. |
T220 |
6218-6302 |
Sentence |
denotes |
S494P and A475V showed a slightly lower binding affinity than the wild-type complex. |
T221 |
6303-6376 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Other natural mutants showed binding affinities similar to wild-type RBD. |
T222 |
6377-6576 |
Sentence |
denotes |
N439K demonstrated a high electrostatic energy which is compensated by large polar solvation energy and this mutant has a total binding energy of −48.27 ± 3.07 kcal/mol which is similar to nCOV-2019. |