Coronaviruses have four structural proteins (E,M,N,S protein) that can bind to membrane receptors on host cells, thereby mediating the fusion of the virus and the cell membrane. After the S protein of SARS-CoV-2 interacts with ACE2 and then enters the cell through endocytosis, Cathepsin B/L degrades the Spike protein to release nucleic acids of virus. In addition, CD147 also plays a functional role in promoting SARS-CoV-2 invasion into host cells.
Accumulating research evidence indicates that many patients with severe COVID-19 might have a cytokine storm syndrome and this suggests that people with severe COVID-19 or suspicious COVID-19 infection should be monitored for hyperin flammation.
Since the SARS-CoV2-Spike protein and Nucleocapsid Protein (NP) are the biomarkers of 2019-nCoV, and angiotensin convertenzyme2 (ACE-2) is the main surface receptor to SARS-CoV2 , it is important to fully understand the role these proteins play in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Elabsicnece® offers a variety of antibodies to investigate the mechanisms of the SARS-CoV-2 life cycle.
