Researchers screen 16 UK native bat species for coronaviruses with zoonotic potential NatureComms ucl imperialcollege EPFL_en coronavirus covid virus virology genomicscreening zoonosis
By Tarun Sai LomteJun 29 2023Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. A recent study published in Nature Communications screened for coronaviruses in 16 native species of bats in the United Kingdom .
The study and findings In the present study, researchers screened fecal samples from bats in the UK for CoVs. Deep ribonucleic acid sequencing was performed on fecal samples from 16 bat species over two years. The researchers recovered nine complete genomes and five partial contigs of CoVs from six bat species.
Only RhGB07 spike pseudoviruses demonstrated entry into cells expressing hACE2 receptors. Additionally, the team confirmed the binding of the RhGB07 spike to hACE2 using biolayer interferometry . However, RhGB07 spike-hACE2 binding was around 17-fold lower than SARS-CoV-2 spike-hACE2 binding. Related StoriesThe researchers used an artificial intelligence model to predict the three-dimensional structure of the RhGB07 spike’s receptor-binding domain , which was compared with resolved structures of RBDs from SARS-CoV-2, RaTG13, and BANAL-236 bound to hACE2. High structural conservation was observed for all sarbecoviruses.
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