Close relatives of MERS-CoV in bats use ACE2 as their functional receptors.
Xiong, Q., Cao, L., Ma, C., Tortorici, M.A., Liu, C., Si, J., Liu, P., Gu, M., Walls, A.C., Wang, C., Shi, L., Tong, F., Huang, M., Li, J., Zhao, C., Shen, C., Chen, Y., Zhao, H., Lan, K., Corti, D., Veesler, D., Wang, X., Yan, H.(2022) Nature 612: 748-757
- PubMed: 36477529 
- DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05513-3
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
7U6R, 7WPO, 7WPZ - PubMed Abstract: 
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and several bat coronaviruses use dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) as an entry receptor 1-4 . However, the receptor for NeoCoV-the closest known MERS-CoV relative found in bats-remains unclear 5 ...