Structural- and Site-Specific N- Glycosylation Characterization of COVID-19 Virus Spike with StrucGP

Anal Chem. 2022 Sep 13;94(36):12274-12279. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02265. Epub 2022 Aug 29.

Abstract

The spike (S) protein plays a key role in COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and host-cell entry. Previous studies have systematically analyzed site-specific glycan compositions as well as many important structural motifs of the S protein. Here, we further provide structural-clear N-glycosylation of the S protein at a site-specific level by using our recently developed structural- and site-specific N-glycoproteomics sequencing algorithm, StrucGP. In addition to the common N-glycans as detected in previous studies, many uncommon glycosylation structures such as LacdiNAc structures, Lewis structures, Mannose 6-phosphate (M6P) residues, and bisected core structures were unambiguously mapped at a total of 20 glycosites in the S protein trimer and protomer. These data further support the glycosylation structural-functional investigations of the COVID-19 virus spike.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Glycosylation
  • Humans
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry
  • SARS-CoV-2*

Substances

  • Polysaccharides