SARS-CoV-2 spike

The spike is the crown on the coronavirus. It locks onto a protein on your cells so the virus can sneak in.

Fun fact

Most COVID vaccines teach your body to recognize this spike.

Words to know

virus
covid
vaccine
receptor

NGSS alignment

MS-LS3-1Structure & function of proteins
MS-LS1-3Body as a system

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P0DTC2. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P0DTC2.

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