The Proteins of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV-2 or n-COV19), the Cause of COVID-19

Protein J. 2020 Jun;39(3):198-216. doi: 10.1007/s10930-020-09901-4.

Abstract

The devastating effects of the recent global pandemic (termed COVID-19 for "coronavirus disease 2019") caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV-2) are paramount with new cases and deaths growing at an exponential rate. In order to provide a better understanding of SARS CoV-2, this article will review the proteins found in the SARS CoV-2 that caused this global pandemic.

Keywords: Proteins; SARS CoV-2; Virus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Betacoronavirus / chemistry*
  • Betacoronavirus / genetics
  • Betacoronavirus / physiology*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Envelope Proteins
  • Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy
  • Coronavirus Infections / metabolism
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology*
  • Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteins
  • Drug Discovery / methods
  • Genome, Viral
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Nucleocapsid Proteins / chemistry
  • Nucleocapsid Proteins / genetics
  • Nucleocapsid Proteins / metabolism
  • Pandemics
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia, Viral / metabolism
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology*
  • Polyproteins
  • Protein Interaction Maps / drug effects
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus / chemistry
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus / genetics
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus / metabolism
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / chemistry
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / metabolism
  • Viral Matrix Proteins / chemistry
  • Viral Matrix Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Matrix Proteins / metabolism
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / chemistry
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / metabolism
  • Viral Proteins / chemistry*
  • Viral Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Proteins / metabolism*
  • Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins / chemistry
  • Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins / metabolism
  • Viroporin Proteins

Substances

  • Coronavirus Envelope Proteins
  • Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteins
  • NSP1 protein, SARS-CoV-2
  • Nucleocapsid Proteins
  • ORF1ab polyprotein, SARS-CoV-2
  • ORF3a protein, SARS-CoV-2
  • ORF6 protein, SARS-CoV-2
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Polyproteins
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
  • Viral Envelope Proteins
  • Viral Matrix Proteins
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins
  • Viral Proteins
  • Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
  • Viroporin Proteins
  • envelope protein, SARS-CoV-2
  • membrane protein, SARS-CoV-2
  • nucleocapsid phosphoprotein, SARS-CoV-2
  • spike protein, SARS-CoV-2