Potent neutralizing antibodies in the sera of convalescent COVID-19 patients are directed against conserved linear epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Chek Meng Poh, Guillaume Carissimo, Wang Bei, Siti Naqiah Amrun, Cheryl Yi-Pin Lee, Rhonda Sin-Ling Chee, Nicholas Kim-Wah Yeo, Wen-Hsin Lee, Yee-Sin Leo, Mark I-Cheng Chen, Seow-Yen Tan, Louis Yi Ann Chai, Shirin Kalimuddin, Siew-Yee Thien, Barnaby Edward Young, David C. Lye, Cheng-I Wang, Laurent Renia, Lisa FP Ng
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.30.015461
Abstract
The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic demands rapid identification of immunogenic targets for the design of efficient vaccines and serological detection tools. In this report, using pools of overlapping linear peptides and functional assays, we present two immunodominant regions on the spike glycoprotein that were highly recognized by neutralizing antibodies in the sera of COVID-19 convalescent patients. One is highly specific to SARS-CoV-2, and the other is a potential pan-coronavirus target.
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