Allosteric Control of Structural Mimicry and Mutational Escape in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Complexes with the ACE2 Decoys and Miniprotein Inhibitors: A Network-Based Approach for Mutational Profiling of Binding and Signaling

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    Table 1: Rigor

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    Table 2: Resources

    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    All-atom MD simulations were performed for an N, P, T ensemble in explicit solvent using NAMD 2.13 package55 with CHARMM36 force field.
    NAMD
    suggested: (NAMD, RRID:SCR_014894)
    Functional Dynamics and Collective Motions: We performed principal component analysis (PCA) of reconstructed trajectories derived from CABS-CG simulations using the CARMA package60 and also determined the essential slow mode profiles using elastic network models (ENM) analysis.61-63 Two elastic network models: Gaussian network model (GNM) and Anisotropic network model (ANM) approaches were used to compute the amplitudes of isotropic thermal motions and directionality of anisotropic motions.
    CARMA
    suggested: (CARMA, RRID:SCR_004999)
    78 The g_correlation tool in the Gromacs 3.3 package was used that allows computation of both linear or non-linear generalized correlation coefficients.
    Gromacs
    suggested: (GROMACS, RRID:SCR_014565)
    86 Network graph calculations were performed using the python package NetworkX.87 The Girvan-Newman algorithm88,89 is used to identify local communities.
    python
    suggested: (IPython, RRID:SCR_001658)

    Results from OddPub: Thank you for sharing your data.


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: Please consider improving the rainbow (“jet”) colormap(s) used on pages 49, 47, 13 and 7. At least one figure is not accessible to readers with colorblindness and/or is not true to the data, i.e. not perceptually uniform.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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