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Table 1 Human coronavirus overview

From: Coronaviruses and the human airway: a universal system for virus-host interaction studies

Name

Discovery

Protein Receptor

Tropism

Receptor Binding Domain (RBD)

References

HCoV-229E

1966

Aminopeptidase N (hAPN)

Non-ciliated cells

S407-547

[46, 56, 57, 103, 104]

HCoV-OC43

1967

Unknowna

Ciliated cells

Unknown

[56, 105]

SARS-CoV

2003

Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2)

Ciliated cells

S303-537

[13, 14, 48, 57, 106]

HCoV-NL63

2004

Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2)

Ciliated cells

S476 -616

[16, 49, 56, 107]

HCoV-HKU1

2005

Unknownb

Ciliated cells

Unknown

[17, 56]

MERS-CoV

2012

Dipeptyl-peptidase 4 (DPP4)

Non-ciliated cells

S358-588

[18, 34, 51, 108]

  1. aReceptor determinant identified as N-acetyl-9-O-acetylneuraminic acid
  2. bReceptor determinant identified as O-Acetylated Sialic acid