The Conserved Fusion Peptide Sequence of SARS-CoVs is Insensitive to Ca2+ in Inducing Lipid Mixing in Model Membranes
The impact of the consensus fusion peptide of SARS-CoVs in polyethylene glycol (PEG)-mediated fusion of small unilamellar vesicles with varying Ca2+ concentration is assessed, showing that the peptide has no significant effect on Ca2+ in inducing lipid mixing of model membranes.