Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T337 |
0-206 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The total binding energy calculation of all the variants showed that mutation Y489A has the highest binding affinity among all systems which is about 11 kcal/mol stronger than that of the nCOV-2019 complex. |
T338 |
207-305 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This residue is located in β6, which is part of the recognition region of RBD for binding to ACE2. |
T339 |
306-480 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Removal of this bulky hydrophobic residue at the interface with ACE2 caused the extended loop to move closer to the ACE2 interface and make more H-bonds with ACE2 (Table S3). |
T340 |
481-608 |
Sentence |
denotes |
A high electrostatic interaction energy is the reason for the higher binding energy of mutant Y489A than the wild-type complex. |
T341 |
609-800 |
Sentence |
denotes |
It is interesting to note that among the five residues L455, F456, Y473, A475, and Y489 that make hydrophobic interactions with ACE2, Y489 is the only residue that is conserved from SARS-COV. |
T342 |
801-962 |
Sentence |
denotes |
However, the experimental binding affinity measurements using deep mutational scanning showed that mutations at this position lower the binding affinity to ACE2. |
T343 |
963-1044 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Other alanine substitutions that increase the binding energy are G446A and G447A. |
T344 |
1045-1179 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Residues G446 and G447 reside in L1 and mutation to alanine can make L1 take a more rigid form as shown in the RMSF plot in Figure S3. |
T345 |
1180-1513 |
Sentence |
denotes |
However, experiment showed that these mutations have similar or lower binding affinities to ACE2 than the wild-type RBD and care must be taken when interpreting these results.25 This discrepancy could be due to force-field inaccuracy and the deficiencies in the PBSA method for the treatment of solvent in binding energy calculation. |
T346 |
1514-1623 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Further studies are needed to investigate whether these mutations will increase the binding affinity to ACE2. |
T347 |
1624-1971 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Deep mutational scanning using flow cytometry is a qualitative method to measure the impact of a large number of mutations of protein–protein interactions and further experiments such as SPR or isothermal titration calorimetry which are conventional methods for measuring binding affinities needed to study the effect of these mutations in detail. |