SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), also known as novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV, causes fever, severe respiratory illness and can lead to life threatening pneumonia. The first cases of this disease, termed COVID-19 for coronavirus disease 2019, have been detected in December 2019 Wuhan, China.
SARS-CoV-2 Prot_N stands for the nucleocapsid phosphoprotein of SARS-CoV-2. This protein is responsible for the packaging of the genome of coronaviruses and, thus plays a role during replication, transcription as well as virion assembly. Therefore, the nucleocapsid phosphoprotein (“N”) of SARS-CoV-2 has been suggested as possible target for vaccine development.