Figure 6
Comparison of the interatomic contacts between RBD and ACE2 in the wild-type and Q498Y structures. (a) Interatomic polar interactions are shown as blue dashed lines. The cutoffs for van der Waals interactions and hydrogen bonds are set to 4 and 3.4 Å, respectively. Interacting residues are depicted as sticks. (b) Interatomic nonpolar interactions are indicated as dashed lines and the interacting residues are highlighted as sticks. (c) π–π stacking interaction established between the aromatic rings of Tyr498 in RBD and Tyr41 in ACE2. |