Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T223 |
0-60 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Hydrogen Bond, Salt-Bridge, and Hydrophobic Contact Analysis |
T224 |
61-365 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Important hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) and salt bridges between nCOV-2019 RBD or SARS-COV RBD and ACE2 for the last 400 ns of trajectory are shown in Table 1. nCOV-2019 RBD makes 10 H-bonds/1 salt bridge with ACE2, whereas SARS-COV makes only 5 H-bonds/1 salt bridge with ACE2 with more than 30% persistence. |
T225 |
366-471 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Table 1 H-Bonds and Salt-Bridges between nCOV-2019 and ACE2 and SARS-COV and ACE2 that Persist for >30%a |
T226 |
472-532 |
Sentence |
denotes |
# nCOV-2019 ACE2 % occupancy SARS-COV ACE2 % occupancy |
T227 |
533-565 |
Sentence |
denotes |
1 G502 K353 89 Y436 D38 96 |
T228 |
566-601 |
Sentence |
denotes |
2 Q493 E35 83 R426 E329 87 |
T229 |
602-634 |
Sentence |
denotes |
3 N487 Y83 80 T486 D355 83 |
T230 |
635-667 |
Sentence |
denotes |
4 Q498 D38 73 G488 K353 80 |
T231 |
668-702 |
Sentence |
denotes |
5 K417 D30 55 N479 K31 52 |
T232 |
703-735 |
Sentence |
denotes |
6 T500 D355 53 Y440 H34 47 |
T233 |
736-761 |
Sentence |
denotes |
7 Y505 E37 52 |
T234 |
762-788 |
Sentence |
denotes |
8 Q498 K353 49 |
T235 |
789-814 |
Sentence |
denotes |
9 Y449 D38 45 |
T236 |
815-842 |
Sentence |
denotes |
10 G496 K353 37 |
T237 |
843-869 |
Sentence |
denotes |
11 Q493 K31 32 |
T238 |
870-902 |
Sentence |
denotes |
a Salt bridge is shown as bold. |
T239 |
903-1017 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The evolution of the coronavirus from SARS-COV to nCOV-2019 has reshaped the interfacial hydrogen bonds with ACE2. |
T240 |
1018-1086 |
Sentence |
denotes |
G502 in nCOV-2019 has a persistent H-bond with residue K353 on ACE2. |
T241 |
1087-1168 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This residue was G488 in SARS-COV, which also makes the H-bond with K353 on ACE2. |
T242 |
1169-1245 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Q493 in nCOV-2019 makes H-bond with E35 and another H-bond with K31 on ACE2. |
T243 |
1246-1329 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This residue was an N479 in SARS-COV, which only makes one H-bond with K31 on ACE2. |
T244 |
1330-1423 |
Sentence |
denotes |
An important mutation from SARS-COV to nCOV-2019 is residue Q498, which was Y484 in SARS-COV. |
T245 |
1424-1534 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Q498 makes two H-bonds with residues D38 and K353 on ACE2, whereas Y484 in SARS-COV does not make any H-bonds. |
T246 |
1535-1679 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Importantly, a salt bridge between K417 and D30 in the nCOV-2019/ACE2 complex contributes to the total binding energy by −12.34 ± 0.23 kcal/mol. |
T247 |
1680-1790 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This residue is V404 in SARS-COV which is not able to make any salt-bridge and does not make H-bond with ACE2. |
T248 |
1791-1936 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Gao et al.27 used a FEP approach and showed that mutation V404 to K417 lowers the binding energy of nCOV-2019 RBD to ACE2 by −2.2 ± 0.9 kcal/mol. |
T249 |
1937-2028 |
Sentence |
denotes |
A salt bridge between R426 on RBD and E329 on ACE2 stabilizes the complex in SARS-COV/ACE2. |
T250 |
2029-2122 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This residue is N439 in nCOV-2019 which is unable to make salt-bridge with ACE2 residue E329. |
T251 |
2123-2294 |
Sentence |
denotes |
One of the most observed mutations in nCOV-2019 according to the GISAID database is N439K which recovers some of the electrostatic interactions with ACE2 at this position. |
T252 |
2295-2369 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Y436 in SARS-COV and Y449 in nCOV-2019 both make H-bonds with D38 on ACE2. |
T253 |
2370-2496 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The unchanged T486 in SARS-COV corresponds to T500 in nCOV-2019, both of which make consistent H-bonds with ACE2 residue D355. |
T254 |
2497-2599 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Hydrophobic interactions also play an important role in stabilizing the RBD/ACE2 complex in nCOV-2019. |
T255 |
2600-2720 |
Sentence |
denotes |
An important interaction between nCOV-2019 RBD and ACE2 is the π-stacking interaction between F486 (RBD) and Y83 (ACE2). |
T256 |
2721-2823 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This interaction helps in stabilizing L3 in nCOV-2019 compared to SARS-COV where this residue is L472. |
T257 |
2824-2970 |
Sentence |
denotes |
It was observed by Gao et al.26 that mutation L472 to F486 in nCOV-2019 results in a net change in the binding free energy of −1.2 ± 0.2 kcal/mol. |
T258 |
2971-3110 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Other interfacial residues in nCOV-2019 RBD that participate in the hydrophobic interaction with ACE2 are L455, F456, Y473, A475, and Y489. |
T259 |
3111-3200 |
Sentence |
denotes |
It is interesting to note that all these residues except Y489 have mutated from SARS-COV. |
T260 |
3201-3453 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Spinello and co-workers30 performed long-timescale (1μs) simulation of nCOV-2019/ACE2 and SARS-COV ACE2 and found that L3 in nCOV-2019 is more stable due to presence of the β6 strand and existence of two H-bonds in L3 (H-bonds G485-C488 and Q474-G476). |
T261 |
3454-3629 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Importantly, an amino acid insertion in L3 makes this loop longer than L3 in SARS-COV and enables it to act like a recognition loop and make more persistent H-bonds with ACE2. |
T262 |
3630-3790 |
Sentence |
denotes |
L455 in nCOV-2019 RBD is important for hydrophobic interaction with ACE2 and mutation L455A lowers the vdw contribution of binding affinity by about 5 kcal/mol. |
T263 |
3791-3864 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The H-bonds between RBD of nCOV-2019 and SARS-COV are shown in Figure 9A. |
T264 |
3865-3988 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The structural details discussed here are in agreement with other structural studies of the nCOV-2019 RBD/ACE2 complex.4,53 |
T265 |
3989-4128 |
Sentence |
denotes |
H-bond analysis was also performed for the mutant systems and the results for H-bonds with more than 40% consistency are shown in Table S3. |
T266 |
4129-4236 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Few of the alanine substitutions increase the number of interfacial H-bonds between nCOV-2019 RBD and ACE2. |
T267 |
4237-4339 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Interestingly, the ala-substitution at Y489A increased the number of H-bonds in the wild-type complex. |
T268 |
4340-4516 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Mutation in some of the residues having consistent H-bonds in the wild type complex such as Q498A and Q493A, stunningly maintain the number of H-bonds in the wild-type complex. |
T269 |
4517-4684 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This indicates that the plasticity in the network of H-bonds in RBM of nCOV-2019 can reshape the network and strengthen other H-bonds upon mutation in these locations. |
T270 |
4685-4766 |
Sentence |
denotes |
However, few mutations decrease the number of H-bonds from the wild-type complex. |
T271 |
4767-4886 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Alanine substitution at residue G502 has a significant effect on the network of H-bonds between nCOV-2019 and SARS-COV. |
T272 |
4887-4978 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This residue locates at the end of L4 loop near two other important residues Q498 and T500. |
T273 |
4979-5030 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This mutation breaks the H-bonds at these residues. |
T274 |
5031-5131 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Mutation K417A decreases the number of H-bonds to only 5 where the H-bond at residue Q498 is broken. |
T275 |
5132-5266 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This indicates the delicate nature of the H-bond from residue Q498 which can easily be broken upon ala-substitution at other residues. |
T276 |
5267-5362 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Furthermore, mutation N487 also decreases the number of H-bonds by breaking the H-bond at Q498. |