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. 2020 Dec 8;9(12):2638. doi: 10.3390/cells9122638

Table 3.

Interactions between amino acids in the RBDs of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV with ACE2.

Region Number Amino Acid Amino Acid ACE2 Interactions Details
TR1 1 A475 S19 Strong polar contacts H: A475(O)-S19(HG): 3.2 (6LZG)
P462 - No interactions
2 N487 Q24 Strong polar contacts H: N487(ND2)-Q24(HE21): 2.2 (6LZG)
H: N487(HD22)-Y83(OH): 2.3 (6LZG)
N473 Q24,Y83 Strong polar contacts H: N473(ND2)-Q24(OE1): 2.5 (2AJF)
H: N473(ND2)- Y83(HH): 2.5 (2AJF)
3 T486 N330 Hydrogen bonding H: T486(O)-N330(HD22): 2.3 (2AJF)
H: T486(OG1)-Y41(HH): 2.6 (2AJF)
H: T486(O)-N330(HD22): 2.3 (2AJF)
F486 Y83, M82 Stacking and hydrophobic interactions ST (Pi-Pi): F486-Y83: 5.2 (6LZG)
D (Pi-alkyl): F486-M82: 4.6 (6LZG, 6M17)
4 Y489 K31 Hydrophobic and hydrogen interactions ST (Pi-alkyl): Y489-K31: 4.8 (6LZG, 6M17)
H: Y489(HH)-Y83(OH): 3.0 (6LZG)
H: Y489(HH)-T27(O): 1.7 (6M17)
Y475 K31 Hydrophobic and hydrogen interactions ST (Pi-alkyl): Y475- K31: 5.2 (2AJF)
H: Y475(HH)-Y83(OH): 2.8 (2AJF)
5 E484 K31 Strong polar contacts S: E484(OE2)-K31(NZ): 4.2 (6LZG)
P470 - No interactions -
Ridge and upper
core region
6 K417 D30 Electrostatic interactions (Salt bridge) HS: K417(HZ1)-D30(OD1): 2.1 (6LZG)
HS: K417(HZ3)-D30(OD2): 3.0 (6LZG)
V404 - No interactions -
7 L455 K31, H34
Hydrophobic interactions D (Pi-alkyl): L455-H34: 3.5 (6LZG, 6M17)
D: L455(CD2)-K31(CA): 4.3 (6LZG, 6M17)
Y442 K31, H34 - ST: (Pi-Pi): Y442-H34: 6.0 (2AJF)
D:Y442(CE1)-K31(CA): 4.1 (2AJF)
8 F456 D30,K31 Stacking ST: (Pi-alkyl): F456-K31: 4.5(6M17)
ST: (Pi-alkyl): F456-D30: 4.4 (6M17)
L443 T27 Hydrophobic interactions D: L443(CD2)-T27(CG2): 4.2 (2AJF)
9 Q493 K31, H34, E35 Hydrogen bonding H: Q493(HE22)-E35(OE2): 1.9 (6M17)
H: Q493(HE21)-H34(O): 2.9 (6LZG)
H: Q493(OE1)-K31(HZ2/HZ3): 3.0 (6M17)
N479 H34 - H: N479(HD21)-H34(ND1): 3.1 (2AJF)
10 Y449 D38, Q42 Hydrogen bonding H: Y449(HH)-D38(OD1): 2.8 ((6M17)
H: Y449(OH)-Q42(OE1): 2.5 (6LZG)
Y436 D38 Hydrogen bonding H: Y436(HH)-D38(OD1): 2.8 (2AJF)
H: Y436(HH)-D38(OD2): 3.4 (2AJF)
H: Y436(HH)-Q42(OE1): 3.4 (2AJF)
11 Y453 H34 Polar contacts H: Y453(HH)-H34(NE2): 3.2 (6M17)
Y440 H34 Polar contacts H: Y440(HH)-H34(NE2): 3.3 (2AJF)
12 Y505 - - H: Y505(HH)-E37(OE1): 2.6 (6LZG, 6M17)
H: Y505(OH)-R393(HH22): 3.4 (6LZG, 6M17)
ST: (Pi-amid): Y505-K353/Gly354: 4.0 (6LZG, 6M17)
ST (Pi-alkyl):Y505-K353: 4.6 (6LZG, 6M17)
Y491 - - H: Y491(HH)-E37(OE1): 2.4 (2AJF)
H: Y491(OH)-R393(HH22): 3.4 (2AJF)
ST: (Pi-amid): Y491-K353/Gly354: 4.1 (2AJF)
ST: (Pi-alkyl): Y491-K353: 4.3 (2AJF)
TR2 13 G496 K353 * Hydrogen bonding H: G496(O)-K353(HZ2/HZ3): 2.3 (6LZG, 6M17)
G482 K353 * Hydrogen bonding H: G482(O)-K353(HZ2/HZ3): 3.9 (2AJF)
14 Q498 Q48 Hydrogen bonding H: Q498(HE22)-Q42(OE1): 2.2 (6LZG)
Y484 Y41 Stacking ST (Pi-Pi): Y484-Y41: 5.3 (2AJF)
15 T500 Y41 Hydrogen bonding H: T500(OG1)-Y41(HH): 2.8 (6LZG, 6M17)
T486 N330 Hydrogen bonding H: T486(O)-N330(HD22): 2.3 (2AJF)
H: T486(OG1)-Y41(HH): 2.6 (2AJF)
H: T486(O)-N330(HD22): 2.3 (2AJF)
16 N501 Y41 Hydrogen bonding H: N501(HD21)- Y41(OH): 2.3 (6LZG)
T487 Y41 Hydrogen bonding H: T487(HG1)- Y41(HH): 4.0 (2AJF)
17 G502 K353 * Hydrogen bonding H: G502(HN)-K353(O): 1.7 (6LZG, 6M17)
G488 K353 * Hydrogen bonding H: G488(HN)-K353(O): 1.5 (2AJF)
18 N439 - No interactions -
R426 E329, Q325 - S: R426(NH2)-E329(OE2): 3.0 (2AJF)
H: R426(HH21)-Q325(OE1): 3.5 (2AJF)
H: R426(HH12)-E329(OE2): 3.1 (2AJF)
H: R426(HH22)-E329(OE2): 2.0 (2AJF)

H: hydrogen bonding. S: Electrostatic interaction. HS: hydrogen and electrostatic interaction. D: hydrophobic interaction. ST: stacking interaction. Details include bond type: RBD amino acids (interacting atom)-ACE2 (interacting amino acids): distance in angstrom and (PDB IDs). Measured distance is based on PDB ID: 2AJF for SARS-CoV, and based on PDB IDs: 6LZG and 6M17 (if the contact is not found in 6LZG) for SARS-CoV-2. Orange colour indicates identical residues, cyan indicates different residues with partial conserved interactions, while grey indicates different residues between SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV that have different contacts. For each amino acid, the upper cell corresponds to SARS-CoV-2, while the lower one corresponds to SARS-CoV. Residues in red font are non-conserved ACE2 amino acids in different mammals [1]. * A single K353A mutation was sufficient to abolish the polar contacts mediated by hydrophilic residues which dominate the virus-receptor engagement [2].