MERS-CoV, which causes the middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS), belongs to a family of viruses known as coronaviruses. MERS-CoV was first identified in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2012, which is a single and positive stranded RNA virus. Dromedary camels are widely considered as the source of the transmission of MERS.CoV. The rate of human transmission among household contacts of MERS patients has been approximately 5 % based on serological analysis. MERS-CoV has four structural proteins, known as the S (spike), E (envelope), M (membrane), and N (nucleocapsid) proteins. The spike protein, responsible for allowing the virus to attach to and fuse with the membrane of a host cell and is a large type I transmembrane protein containing two subunits, S1 and S2. S1 mainly contains a receptor binding domain (RBD), which is responsible for recognizing the cell surface receptor. S2 contains basic elements needed for the membrane fusion. MERS-CoV S mediates viral attachment and fusion to human cells via human cellular receptor DPP4, also known as CD26. The S protein plays key parts in the induction of neutralizing- antibody and T-cell responses, as well as protective immunity. Recombinant protein corresponding to aa18-1296 from MERS-CoV Spike, fused to His-Tag at C-terminal, expressed in Baculovirus. Molecular Weight: ~141.6kD Amino Acid Sequence: YVDVGPDSVK SACIEVDIQQ TFFDKTWPRP IDVSKADGII YPQGRTYSNI TITYQGLFPY QGDHGDMYVY SAGHATGTTP QKLFVANYSQ DVKQFANGFV VRIGAAANST GTVIISPSTS ATIRKIYPAF MLGSSVGNFS DGKMGRFFNH TLVLLPDGCG TLLRAFYCIL EPRSGNHCPA GNSYTSFATY HTPATDCSDG NYNRNASLNS FKEYFNLRNC TFMYTYNITE DEILEWFGIT QTAQGVHLFS SRYVDLYGGN MFQFATLPVY DTIKYYSIIP HSIRSIQSDR KAWAAFYVYK LQPLTFLLDF SVDGYIRRAI DCGFNDLSQL HCSYESFDVE SGVYSVSSFE AKPSGSVVEQ AEGVECDFSP LLSGTPPQVY NFKRLVFTNC NYNLTKLLSL FSVNDFTCSQ ISPAAIASNC YSSLILDYFS YPLSMKSDLS VSSAGPISQF NYKQSFSNPT CLILATVPHN LTTITKPLKY SYINKCSRLL SDDRTEVPQL VNANQYSPCV SIVPSTVWED GDYYRKQLSP LEGGGWLVAS GSTVAMTEQL QMGFGITVQY GTDTNSVCPK LEFANDTKIA SQLGNCVEYS LYGVSGRGVF QNCTAVGVRQ QRFVYDAYQN LVGYYSDDGN YYCLRACVSV PVSVIYDKET KTHATLFGSV ACEHISSTMS QYSRSTRSML KRRDSTYGPL QTPVGCVLGL VNSSLFVEDC KLPLGQSLCA LPDTPSTLTP RSVRSVPGEM RLASIAFNHP IQVDQLNSSY FKLSIPTNFS FGVTQEYIQT TIQKVTVDCK QYVCNGFQKC EQLLREYGQF CSKINQALHG ANLRQDDSVR NLFASVKSSQ SSPIIPGFGG DFNLTLLEPV SISTGSRSAR SAIEDLLFDK VTIADPGYMQ GYDDCMQQGP ASARDLICAQ YVAGYKVLPP LMDVNMEAAY TSSLLGSIAG VGWTAGLSSF AAIPFAQSIF YRLNGVGITQ QVLSENQKLI ANKFNQALGA MQTGFTTTNE AFQKVQDAVN NNAQALSKLA SELSNTFGAI SASIGDIIQR LDVLEQDAQI DRLINGRLTT LNAFVAQQLV RSESAALSAQ LAKDKVNECV KAQSKRSGFC GQGTHIVSFV VNAPNGLYFM HVGYYPSNHI EVVSAYGLCD AANPTNCIAP VNGYFIKTNN TRIVDEWSYT GSSFYAPEPI TSLNTKYVAP QVTYQNISTN LPPPLLGNST GIDFQDELDE FFKNVSTSIP NFGSLTQINT TLLDLTYEML SLQQVVKALN ESYIDLKELG NYTYYNKWP Storage and Stability: May be stored at 4C for short-term only. Aliquot to avoid repeated freezing and thawing. Store at -20C. Aliquots are stable for 6 months after receipt at -20C. For maximum recovery of product, centrifuge the original vial after thawing and prior to removing the cap. Further dilutions can be made in assay buffer.