Figure 8.

Interaction between the negative C-terminals of tubulin and the central point of the receptor-binding domain of the spike protein embedded in the membrane of the SARS-CoV-2 virion. Mapping of electrostatic potential (red = negative charge, blue = positive charge) was carried out using the VMD molecular graphics software package for both the execution of APBS [35] and the visualization of the resulting electrostatic potentials. Force field [36] parameters such as atomic charges and radii were assigned using the PDB2PQR webserver (http://server.poissonboltzmann.org, accessed on 29 May 2021) [37].