| REAGENT or RESOURCE | SOURCE | IDENTIFIER |
|---|---|---|
| Antibodies | ||
| Anti-c-Myc tag antibody (1:2000) | Santa Cruz Biotech (SCBT) | Cat#9E10 |
| Streptavidin APC (1:200) | BioLegend | Cat#405207 |
| Mouse anti-6×(HIS) tag (1:5000 for WB, 1:100 in confocal) | Invitrogen | Cat#4A12E6 |
| Alkaline phosphatase-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (1:10000 for WB) | Sigma | Cat#A3562 |
| Anti-Ubiquitin antibody (1:2500) | SCBT | Cat#Sc8017 |
| Anti-GAPDH antibody (1:1500) | Invitrogen | TG267131 |
| Golgin (rabbit) (1:100) | Sigma | PA5-52841 |
| Calnexin (rabbit) (1:100) | Cell Signal Technology (CST), Beverly, Massachusetts, USA | 52533S |
| Goat anti-mouse Alexa Fluor 647 (1:100) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | A21245 |
| Goat anti-Rabbit Alexa fluor 568 (1:100) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | A11036 |
| Hoechst stain (10 μg/mL) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 62249 |
| Streptavidin HRP (1:500) | Life Technology | SNN1004 |
| Anti-Flag mouse antibody (1:2500) | Sigma | F1804-50UG |
| Anti-CSP sdAb (10 μg/mL) | In-house generated | Ref.1 |
| Chemicals, peptides, and recombinant proteins | ||
| Tunicamycin | Sigma | T7765-5MG |
| PVDF membrane | Bio-Rad | Cat#1620177 |
| Trypsin | HiMedia | 59427C-500mL |
| Bovine serum albumin | HiMedia | GRM105-100G |
| Ni- NTA beads | G Biosciences | Cat#786940 |
| TMB substrate for ELISA | Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) | Cat#555214 |
| FemtoLUCENT plus AP kit | G-Biosciences | Cat#786-10AP |
| PEI branched | Sigma | 408727-100mL |
| BamHI | New England Biolab (NEB) | R3136S |
| XbaI | NEB | R0145S |
| NcoI | NEB | R3193S |
| NotI | NEB | R3189S |
| MG132 | Sigma | 474787 |
| Ni-NTA probes | ForteBio | 18-5101 |
| Clarity Western ECL substrate | Bio-Rad | Cat#170-5060 |
| pNPP substrate | Sigma | 71768-25G |
| DMEM | Gibco | 10566-016-500mL |
| RPMI | Gibco | A10491-01 500mL |
| Fetal bovine serum | Gibco | 10270106- 500 mL |
| NSPRRARSVAS (cleavage site peptide) | S-Biochem | Used in this study |
| Recombinant DNA | ||
| WT SARS-CoV-2 S plasmid | Dr. Jason McLellan (University of Texas)4 | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb2507 |
| pCMVR8.74 | Dr. Indranil Banerjee (IISER Mohali) | #22036 |
| pMD2.G | Dr. Indranil Banerjee | #12259 |
| pCMV14-3×-FLAG-SARS-CoV-2 S | Addgene | #145780 |
| pLenti-GFP | Addgene | #17448 |
| Tat 1b and Rev 1b | SARS-Related Coronavirus 2, Wuhan-Hu-1 spike-pseudotyped lentiviral kit | NR-52948 |
| pYBNT (modified pet 22b) Anti-CSP-IB clone |
Novagen In-house generated | pET22b+ Used in this study (Described earlier)5 |
| Experimental models: Cell lines | ||
| HEK293T cells | ATCC | CRL-3216™ |
| Vero E6 cells | Dr. Rajesh Ringe lab (IMTECH, CHANDIGARH) | NA |
| Vero cells | ATCC | CCL-81 |
| Experimental models: Organisms/strains | ||
| DH5 alpha-competent cells | Ref.5 | Ref.5 |
| Origami competent cells | Ref.5 | Ref.5 |
| Stbl3 competent cells | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#C7381201 |
| Software and algorithms | ||
| FlowJo software | BD Biosciences | https://www.flowjo.com/solutions/flowjo/downloads |
| Image J | National Institute of Health (NIH), MD | https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/download.html |
| Immune Epitope Data Base | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), MD | http://tools.iedb.org/main/bcell/ |
| BLItz software | ForteBio | http://www.blitzmenow.com |
| GraphPad Prism 9 | GraphPad | https://www.graphpad.com/scientific-software/prism/ |
| Other | ||
| Flow cytometer | Accuri-C6 | BD |
| Fluorescence microscope | Nickon | Nikon eclipse Ti |
| Confocal microscope | Leica | SP8 upright |
| ELISA plate reader | Biotech | Eon |
| CO2 incubator | Eppendorf | Galaxy 170 R |
| Microbial incubator | Labquick | Talboys |
| Biosafety cabinet | Labconco | Logic+ |
| Centrifuge | Eppendorf | 5810R |
| Rotospin | Tarsons | Tarson |
| 100-mm petri dishes | CLS430167-500EA | Merck |
| 96 well-flat bottom plates | 3799 | Corning |
| Glass slides | Frosted Micro-slides | Blue star |
| Coverslips | Microscopic cover glass | Blue star |
| X-ray film | Edusoft Healthcare | E-Ray |
| FP VHH FR1 pLenti: 5′GCATT CTAGAGGCACCCCGGGATG GCCGATGTTCAACTGCAGGAG3′ |
GCC Biotech India | Ref.1 |
| FR4 C-Myc pLenti: 5′GCTAGG ATCCTGCAGATCCTCTTCAGAG ATGAGTTTCTGCTCTGTGGAGA CGGTGACCTG3′ |
GCC Biotech India | Ref.1 |
| MKS-9 (VHH FP): 5′GTTGTGT GGAATTGTGAGCG3′ |
GCC Biotech India | Ref.5 |
| MKS-22 (VHH RP): 5′GAAATGCGG CCGCTGTGGAGACGGTGACCTG3′ |
GCC Biotech India | Ref.5 |
| T7-FP: 5′TAATACGACT CACTATAGGGGAATTGTG-3′ |
GCC Biotech India | Ref.5 |
| T7-RP: 5′GCTAGTTATTGCT CAGCGGTGGCAGCAGC3′ |
GCC Biotech India | Ref.5 |