The plasticity of the spike protein
Over the last two decades, three coronaviruses have posed a danger to public health: SARS-CoV-1 in 2002-2003; MERS-CoV in 2012 and finally SARS- CoV- 2 in 2020. Coronaviruses are “enveloped” viruses, meaning that they are covered by an external phospholipid layer whose composition is close to the membranes of human cells. The spike (S) protein is threaded […]