CHEM 143: The Chemical Principles of Life II: Coronavirus
This guide contains resources to help students learn about biochemistry and to complete class projects.
Covid-19: An Illustrated Scientific Summary
"Here is a simplified, scientific summary about the novel coronavirus, information up to date as of March 29, 2020. Video Created and Produced by Yale Neuroscience Ph.D. student Clara Liao. Music by Cosimo Fogg." (website description) YouTube (accessed 4/5/2020).
SARS-CoV-2 Structure
Produced by Molecular Memory, this video is a structural exploration of the proteins produced by SARS-CoV-2. YouTube, April 3, 2020 (accessed April 5, 2020).
PDB FILES:
- 6VSB - Spike protein
- 6VW1 - RBD of the spike protein in complex with ACE2
- 6SGC - Rabbit ribosome stalled on a poly-A tail
- 6Y2E - SARS CoV-2 main protease
- 6Y2F - SARS CoV-2 main protease bound to an inhibitor
REFERENCES:
- Wrapp, D., Wang, N., Corbett, K. S., Goldsmith, J. A., Hsieh, C. L., Abiona, O., ... & McLellan, J. S. (2020). Cryo-EM structure of the 2019-nCoV spike in the prefusion conformation. Science, 367(6483), 1260-1263.
- White, J. M., Delos, S. E., Brecher, M., & Schornberg, K. (2008). Structures and mechanisms of viral membrane fusion proteins: multiple variations on a common theme. Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology, 43(3), 189-219.
- Zhang, L., Lin, D., Sun, X., Curth, U., Drosten, C., Sauerhering, L., ... & Hilgenfeld, R. (2020). Crystal structure of SARS-CoV-2 main protease provides a basis for design of improved α-ketoamide inhibitors. Science, 20 March 2020. DOI: 10.1126/science.abb3405
- Fehr, A. R., & Perlman, S. (2015). Coronaviruses: an overview of their replication and pathogenesis. In Coronaviruses (pp. 1-23). Humana Press, New York, NY.
COVID-19 News Links
- COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 ResourcesIncludes all COVID-19 PDB structures. Provided by the RCSB PDB (Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics PDB)
- ACS Efforts & Resources on COVID-19"As a leading scientific society and publisher of scientific research and information, ACS is committed to helping combat the global COVID-19 pandemic. Browse ACS's resources and initiatives and share them with colleagues, friends and family. We are in this together!" (website description)
- R&D on Therapeutic Agents and Vaccines for Coronavirus DiseasesReport by CAS staff. Published in ACS Central Science 2020 6 (3), 315-331.
- Nature magazine's latest new on CoronavirusContinuously updated.
- LitCovidUpdated daily, this is a curated hub of literature about COVID-19 from PubMed.
- Dimensions is facilitating access to COVID-19 researchAll COVID-19 related published articles, preprints, datasets and clinical trials from Dimensions are available in one file, updated daily, and free for anyone to access." (press release, March 10, 2020).
- Mapping 2019 nCoVFrom Johns Hopkins University. Reference: Dong E, Du H, Gardner L. An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time. Lancet Infect Dis; published online Feb 19. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30120-1.
- Bing COVID-19 Tracker"Using data from CDC, WHO, ECDC, and Wikipedia, Microsoft has
launched an interactive Bing Map." (website description) - COVID-19 DashboardUpdated daily, includes data from WHO, CDC, ECDC, NHC, and DXY daily by Johns Hopkins CSSE.
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