SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, initiates cell invasion by deploying a receptor binding domain (RBD) to recognize the host transmembrane peptidase angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). Numerous experimental and theoretical studies have adopted high-throughput and structure-guided approaches to (i) understand how the RBD recognizes ACE2, (ii) rationalize, and (iii) predict the effect of viral mutations on the binding affinity. Here, we investigate the allosteric signal triggered by the dissociation of the ACE2-RBD complex. To this end, we construct an Elastic Network Model (ENM), and we use the Structural Perturbation Method (SPM). Our key result is that complex dissociation opens the ACE2 substrate-binding cleft located away from the interface and that fluctuations of the ACE2 binding cleft are facilitated by RBD binding. These and other observations provide a structural and dynamical basis for the influence of SARS-CoV-2 on ACE2 enzymatic activity. In addition, we identify a conserved glycine (G502 in SARS-CoV-2) as a key participant in complex disassembly.
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