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cord-305742-wf6qxplf	Gomez, Santiago A.	Binding of SARS–CoV–2 to cell receptors: a tale of molecular evolution	2020-09-28		.txt	text/plain	3457	176	53	In addition to the formal quantum characterization of bonding interactions, computation of absorption spectra for the specific virus· · · cell interacting residues yields significant shifts of ∆λ max = 47 and 66 nm in the wavelength for maximum absorption in the complex with respect to the isolated host and virus, respectively. In this work, we are interested in two crucial aspects of the initial virus· · · cell interaction problem: to pinpoint the specific residue to residue binding sites between the structurally known spike proteins of the virus [6] and the structurally known ACE2 receptor in cell membranes, [5] and to understand, from a fundamental, quantum perspective, the molecular factors driving the virus· · · cell binding. Therefore, we characterize the virus· · · cell binding as due to a large number of non-covalent contacts between the two proteins, enhanced by the water molecules, acting in conjunction with the specific residue to residue hydrogen bonds.	./cache/cord-305742-wf6qxplf.txt	./txt/cord-305742-wf6qxplf.txt