SARS-CoV-2 nsp13 Proteins and Enzymes

SARS-CoV-2 Nonstructural Protein 13 (NSP13) is one of the sixteen nonstructural proteins of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19 (1). SARS-CoV-2 NSP13 is 601 amino acids (aa) with a theoretical molecular weight of 66.9 kDa (1-3). The amino acid sequence alignment of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2's NSP13 has 99.8% sequence identity and 100% sequence similarity, with only one amino acid residue difference between the two proteins (1). NSP13 is ...