SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD (Omicron BA.2.74) Protein

Recombinant SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD (Omicron BA.2.74) Protein is expressed from HEK293 with His tag at the C-Terminus.It contains Arg319-Phe541(T19I, del24-26, A27S, G142D, V213G, G339D, R346T, S371F, S373P, S375F, T376A, D405N, R408S, K417N, N440K, L452M, S477N, T478K, E484A, Q493R, Q498R, N501Y, Y505H). The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has prioritized the development of small-animal models for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The resulting mouse-adapted strain at passage 6 (called MASCp6) showed increased infectivity in mouse lung and led to interstitial pneumonia and inflammatory responses in both young and aged mice after intranasal inoculation. Deep sequencing revealed a panel of adaptive mutations potentially associated with the increased virulence. In particular, the N501Y mutation is located at the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein.