SARS-CoV-2 Envelope Proteins and Enzymes

The SARS-CoV-2 Envelope protein is one of the four major structural proteins of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19 (1). The envelope protein is the smallest of the four structural proteins, which also includes the membrane protein, spike protein, and nucleocapsid protein (1,2). The envelope protein is synthesized as a 75 amino acid protein with a theoretical molecular weight of approximately 8.4 kDa (2,3). Furthermore, the envelope ...