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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.30 [SLACK_000244] · slack_pm:msg:00300

Date: 2020-05-18 18:16
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Edward C. Holmes
Topics: Furin cleavage site and molecular features Natural origin / zoonotic spillover

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But A82V occurred after the virus had been spreading for a while in humans during that outbreak. The key point was virus was ready to go as it emerged it humans. Completely agree about the pangolin RBD.

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2020-05-18 17:40 Edward C. Holmes open

No, they weren't. I asked some questions by my friends who drive cars with blacked out windows if you know what Imean. I saw that paper and of course reminded me of your earlier analysis. Not quite sure what to think: that paperis deliberately trying to be controversial by not excluding lab escape. But would lab culturing have produced a'perfectly' adapted human virus? I don't see way. Did the 2013-2016 EBOV require any human adaptation?
2020-05-18 17:42 Kristian G. Andersen open

"lab culturing have produced a 'perfectly' adapted human virus" - I'm not quite sure. I would think not (outside the spike), but it depends on what drives the selection and that is unclear to me.We both have papers on Ebola human adaptation, so I'd say yes :wink:
2020-05-18 17:46 Kristian G. Andersen open

When it comes to the selection argument, what is still most telling to be is the RBD. SARS changed the contact residues a lot getting into humans, so a lot of the signal might have been driven by that. SARS-CoV-2 is already'perfect' for binding, so it doesn't need to - BUT that 'perfect' RBD is found in a pangolin CoV, so clearly it already exists in nature - no further adaptation needed it seems.
2020-05-18 17:48 Kristian G. Andersen open

Re. Ebola - also in the Park et al., paper: https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0092-8674%2815%2900690-X [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2020-05-18 at 5.48.09 PM.png, Screen Shot 2020-05-18 at 5.47.34 PM.png]
2020-05-18 18:16 Edward C. Holmes

But A82V occurred after the virus had been spreading for a while in humans during that outbreak. The key point was virus was ready to go as it emerged it humans. Completely agree about the pangolin RBD.

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