Result: Among 15 substituted amino acids,
K417N and
Y505H exhibited a slight reduction in binding energy due to the breakage of salt bridges between K417 of the
RBD and D30 of ACE2; nonetheless, this breakage was compensated by the salt bridge between E35 of ACE2 and
Q493K substitution in RBDOmic ( Figure 2C , right panel).
Result: In addition, energy perturbation per amino acid could confirm that the four amino acids, i.e., <
Discussion: N440K and
K444Q can escape against REGN10987, while
K417N,
N460T, and
A475V can successfully escape against LY-CoV016 antibody (AbCellera), currently approved by the FDA for
COVID-19 therapy.