Table 1 Plasmids used in the study.

From: SARS-CoV-2 spike-protein D614G mutation increases virion spike density and infectivity

Protein

Modification

Note

hACE2

N-terminal Myc and C-term c9 tag (TETSQVAPA)

mouseACE2 signal seq + Myc + hACE2 residues 20-805 (NM_021804)

hTMPRSS2

C-terminal FLAG

Full-length (NP_005647.2)

hFurin

C-term c9 tag

Full-length (BC012181.1)

S1D614-Fc

C-terminal Fc

Residues 1-682; codon-optimized (YP_009724390)

S1G614-Fc

C-terminal Fc

Residues 1-682; codon-optimized; D614G mutation

hACE2-NN-Ig

C-terminal Fc

IGH3 signal seq + hACE2 residues 20-615 (NM_021804) with H374N and H378N mutations

hACE2-NN-Ctag

C-terminal Ctag (-EPEA)

IGH3 signal seq + hACE2 residues 20-615 (NM_021804) with H374N/H378N mutations

MLV gag/pol

None

Full length MLV gag and pol

pQCXIX-eGFP

None

Full-length eGFP in retroviral vector pQCXIX

pQCXIX-FLuc

None

Full-length firefly luciferase in pQCXIX

S protein (D614, G614, or FKO)

C-terminal FLAG

Full-length; codon-optimized (YP_009724390)

 

N-/C-term FLAG

Full-length; codon-optimized; its own signal sequence

 

No tag

Full-length; codon-optimized

M protein

None

Full-length; codon-optimized (YP_009724393)

N protein

None

Full-length; codon-optimized (YP_009724397)

E protein

None

Full-length; codon-optimized (YP_009724392)