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. 2021 Jan 14;13(1):109. doi: 10.3390/v13010109

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Two amino acid replacements that stabilize the spike protein at the prefusion state. (A) Amino acids KY in the native state of SARS-2-S is replaced by PP spike variant S-2P used in the FDA-approved Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccine; (B) Partial structure from 6VSB showing the two proline residues stabilizing the structural bend.