ACE2 RBD affinity
(A–D) SPR sensorgrams showing ACE2 binding of BA.4/5 RBD (A) in comparison with binding to ancestral (Wuhan) (B), BA.1 (C), and BA.2 RBD (D). The data for Wuhan, BA.1, and BA.2 have been reported previously in Nutalai et al. (2022).
(E–G) Electrostatic surfaces, (E) from left to right, early pandemic, Delta, and BA.1 RBD. (F) Open book view of BA.2 RBD and ACE2 of the BA.2 RBD/ACE2 complex (PDB: 7ZF7) and (G) BA.4/5 RBD (PDB: 7ZXU). The lozenges on ACE2 and RBD show the interaction areas.