Molecular biomechanics of the SARS-CoV-2 variants: The virus-host cell attachment and immune evasion

2022/45/B/NZ1/02519

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ1_003: Biofizyka
  • NZ2_008: Biologia obliczeniowa
  • ST3_016: Fizyka układów biologicznych

Panel

NZ1 – Molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology: molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology

Host institution

Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki Polska Akademia Nauk

Voivodeship: mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

dr hab. Adolfo Maximo Poma Bernaola

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call

OPUS 23 – announced on 2022-03-28

Amount awarded
1 760 460 PLN
Project start date
2023-01-03
Project end date
2027-01-02
Project duration
48 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Pending project

Project description

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Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (4)

  1. Single-Molecule Investigation of the Binding Interface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 Variants with ACE2

    Authors:
    Ray A, Minh T.T. M, Natividade R.d.S., Moreira R.A., Simpson J.D., Mohammed D., Koehler M., Petitjean S.J.L, Zhang Q., Bureau F., Gillet L., Poma A.B, Alsteens D.
    Academic press:
    ACS Nanoscience Au (year: 2024, volume: 4, pages: 136-145), Publisher: ACS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.3c00060 – link to the publication
  2. The GōMartini Approach: Revisiting the Concept of Contact Maps and the Modelling of Protein Complexes

    Authors:
    L.F. Cofas-Vargas, R.A. Moreira, S. Poblete, M. Chwastyk, A.B. Poma
    Academic press:
    Acta Physica Polonica A (year: 2024, volume: 145, pages: 20), Publisher: Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.12693/APhysPolA.145.S9 – link to the publication
  3. Nanomechanical footprint of SARS-CoV-2 variants in complex with a potent nanobody by molecular simulations

    Authors:
    Cofas-Vargas L.F.,Olivos-Ramirez G.E., Chwastyk M., Moreira R.A.M., Baker J.L., Marrink S.J., Poma A.B.
    Academic press:
    Nanoscale (year: 2024, volume: 16, pages: 18824-18834), Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D4NR02074J – link to the publication
  4. Conformational and stability analysis of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variants by molecular simulation

    Authors:
    Olivos-Ramirez G.E., Cofas-Vargas L.F., ,Madl T., Poma A.B
    Academic press:
    Pathogens (year: 2025, volume: 14, pages: 274), Publisher: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/pathogens14030274 – link to the publication

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