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Slack / Private Message Drop, pp.212-213 [SLACK_000426] · slack_pm:msg:02212

Page text: p.212, p.213 · original PDF

Date
2020-10-05 15:17
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chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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I honestly don't know how we're all not dead already... :skull:

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  1. 2020-10-05 13:50 Edward C. Holmes open
    @Kristian Andersen Do you believe the data that "bat SARSr-CoV RBDs showed a higher binding affinity to human ACE2 than to R. sinicus ACE2s". Seems so counter-intuitive.
  2. 2020-10-05 14:19 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yeah, they show that particular point using a couple of different assays, so I think probably true. I agree it's a little counter-intuitive, but probably the binding to hACE2 is generally speaking more optimized for binding to the RBD (soit's inherently a higher affinity binding - no matter the RBD).
  3. 2020-10-05 15:05 Edward C. Holmes open
    Thanks for looking into it. Pretty amazing. Emergence here we come.
  4. 2020-10-05 15:17 Kristian G. Andersen
    I honestly don't know how we're all not dead already... :skull:

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