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Monoclonal Antibody-Light chain CDR1/Spike Glycoprotein Receptor Binding Domain Dissociation Explains Antibody Escape Mechanism in L452R-SARS-CoV-2
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  • olaposi omotuyi,
  • Oyekanmi Nash,
  • babatunji Oyinloye,
  • Mustapha Popoola,
  • Ayodele Ajayi,
  • Victor UKwenya
olaposi omotuyi
Adekunle Ajasin University

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Oyekanmi Nash
National Biotechnology Development Agency
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babatunji Oyinloye
Afe Babalola University
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Mustapha Popoola
Tertiary Education Trust Fund
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Ayodele Ajayi
Afe Babalola University
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Victor UKwenya
Federal University of Technology Akure
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Abstract

Most of the well-characterized innate antibodies elicited by exposure to SARS-CoV-2 or a vaccine targets the spike glycoprotein receptor-binding domain (RDB) which doubles as the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2, receptor) binding. RBD mutation is therefore a potential health concern in COVID-19 pandemic. RBD-L452R-SARS-CoV-2 exhibits increased transmissibility and immune evasion with an unknown underlying mechanisms. The immune evasion mechanism was investigated here. in R452, loss of hydrophobic interaction between RBD-L452/HCDR3-I103 disrupts RBD-E484/heavy-chain-R112 salt-bridge, and cation-π interaction between RBD-E484/mAB-Y32(LcCDR1). Unburied RBD flips ~64° from the antibody plane, losing all interaction with the mAB light chain-CDR; thus, making ternary complex thermodynamically unstable.