In silico analysis of mutant epitopes in new SARS-CoV-2 lineages suggest global enhanced CD8+ T cell reactivity and also signs of immune response escape.
PMID: 35149224
2022
Infection, genetics and evolution
Abstract: Moreover, individual mutations such as Spike N501Y and Nucleocapsid D138Y were predicted to have an overall stronger affinity through HLA-I than the reference sequence while Spike E484K shows signs of evasion.
Result: In contrast, a significantly stronger binding (lower %Rank) was observed for peptides derived from the nsSNVs D138Y and N501Y.
Table: D138Y
Discussion: Accordingly, N501Y and D138Y substitutions showed increased HLA affinities and may be good targets to trigger CD8+ T cell responses.
Evolutionary history of the SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant of concern (P.1): a perfect storm.
PMID: 35266951
2022
Genetics and molecular biology
Introduction: Currently, the WHO has identified the Gamma lineage (B.1.1.28.1, P.1 or Gamma; Nextstrain clade 20J/V3) with the following key S mutations: L18F, T20N, P26S, D138Y, R190S, K417T, E484K, N501Y, D614G, H655Y, T1027I, and V1176F.
Table: D138Y
SARS-CoV-2 Beta and Delta variants trigger Fc effector function with increased cross-reactivity.
Method: The SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan-1 spike, cloned into pCDNA3.1 was mutated using the QuikChange Lightning Site-Directed Mutagenesis kit (Agilent Technologies) and NEBuilder HiFi DNA Assembly Master Mix (NEB) to include D614G (original) or lineage defining mutations for Alpha (DEL69-70, DEL144, N501Y, A570D, D614G, P681H, T716I, S982A, D1118H), Beta (L18F, D80A, D215G, 242-244del, K417N, E484K, N501Y, D614G and A701V<
Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Lineages Indicates Early Circulation of P.1 (Gamma) Variant of Concern in Southern Brazil.
Introduction: In the spike protein of the B.1.1.28 strain, there are eleven mutations, including L18F, T20N, P26S, D138Y, R190S, H655Y, T1027I, D614G, K417T, E484K, and N501Y.
Table: D138Y
Emergence of a novel SARS-CoV-2 Pango lineage B.1.1.526 in West Bengal, India.
PMID: 34896696
2022
Journal of infection and public health
Introduction: Along with the clade specific mutations, these variants have their own sets of characteristics mutations including several mutations in the S glycoprotein like Delta69-70, Delta144-145, N501Y, A570D, P681H, T716I, S982A, D1118H in the Alpha variant; D80A, D215G, Delta241-243, K417N, E484K, N501Y, A701V in the Beta variant; L18F, T20N, P26S, D138Y, R190S,
A comprehensive overview of identified mutations in SARS CoV-2 spike glycoprotein among Iranian patients.
Discussion: The mutations Discussion: There was another sequence sampled from Shiraz in Oct 2020 that contained five specific mutations (D138Y, D614G, E484K, K417T, N501Y) as indicator of the Gamma variant (GR/501Y.V3 (P.1+P.1.x)) and was clustered along with the representative Gamma variant spike sequence in phylogenetic tree.
Discussion: We also observed triple co-occurring mutations, namely D138Y (in the NTD), S477N (in the RBD) with the well-established D614G mutation (near the furin cleavage site) in three spike sequences from Tehran and Shiraz sampled from Nov 2020 to Jan 2021.
Haplotype distribution of SARS-CoV-2 variants in low and high vaccination rate countries during ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic in early 2021.
PMID: 34848355
2022
Infection, genetics and evolution
Table: D138Y
Identification of genotypic variants and its proteomic mutations of Brazilian SARS-CoV-2 isolates.