Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Antibody neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 through ACE2 receptor mimicry

  • Jiwan Ge,
  • Ruoke Wang,
  • Bin Ju,
  • Qi Zhang,
  • Jing Sun,
  • Peng Chen,
  • Senyan Zhang,
  • Yuling Tian,
  • Sisi Shan,
  • Lin Cheng,
  • Bing Zhou,
  • Shuo Song,
  • Juanjuan Zhao,
  • Haiyan Wang,
  • Xuanling Shi,
  • Qiang Ding,
  • Lei Liu,
  • Jincun Zhao,
  • Zheng Zhang,
  • Xinquan Wang,
  • Linqi Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20501-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Here, the authors compare the crystal structures and investigate the neutralization mechanisms of three neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 and find that one antibody, P2C-1F11, closely mimics binding of receptor ACE2 and displays the most potent neutralizing activity in vitro, as well as conferring protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in Ad5-hACE2-sensitized mice.