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<p>I have just completed a new article that animates the
conformational change induced in the coronavirus spike protein by
proteases such as furin. This change facilitates the initial step
of virus binding to the host cell's ACE2 receptor.</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php/SARS-CoV-2_protein_S_priming_by_furin">http://proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php/SARS-CoV-2_protein_S_priming_by_furin</a><br>
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<p>Suggestions are, of course, most welcome (or you can edit the
page yourself). -Eric<br>
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Eric Martz, Professor Emeritus, Dept Microbiology (he/him/his)
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U Mass, Amherst -- <a href="http://Martz.MolviZ.Org">Martz.MolviZ.Org</a>
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