Method: It is the ectodomain of SARS-CoV-2
spike protein expressed in HEK293 cells, which contains amino acids Val16 - Pro1213 of
Spike (GenBank: QHD43416.1) with T4 fibritin trimerization motif, a polyhistidine tag at the C-terminus, proline substitutions (
F817P,
A892P,
A899P,
A942P,
K986P,
V987P) and alanine substitutions (
R683A and
R685A) to stabilize the trimeric pre-fusion conformation, and mutations identified in the Omicron variant (
A67V, HV69-70del,
T95I,
G142D, VYY143-145del,
N211del,