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Reshaping and enzymatic activity may allow viruses to move through the mucus

Published:2024 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Ziebert Falko¹²^ORCID,Dokonon Kenan G.³,Kulić Igor M.⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University, Philosophenweg 19, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

2. BioQuant, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

3. Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, UK

4. Institut Charles Sadron UPR22-CNRS, 67034 Strasbourg, France

5. Institute Theory of Polymers, Leibniz-Institute of Polymer Research, D-01069 Dresden, Germany

Abstract

Filamentous viruses can attain toroidal states due to axial spike–spike interactions. Upon binding and cutting of mucus glycans spontaneous rotation can emerge. The induced virus reshaping leads to a vortex-like spinning propelling it through the mucus.

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2024/SM/D4SM00592A

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