Result: Five specimens (6_LABRESIS, 101_LABRESIS, 195_LABRESIS, 198_LABRESIS, and 211_LABRESIS) were assigned as a P.1.2 sublineage, as they had two synonymous defining mutations (C1912T, and C28789T) tree missense defining mutations (D762G, T1820I, D155Y).
Result: From the five P.1.2 sublineage-defining mutations, three resulted in amino acid substitutions: one in the ORF1ab (D762G/A2550G), one in the ORF3a (T1820I/C5724T), and one in the Nucleocapsid gene (D155Y/G25855T).
Discuss
Evolutionary history of the SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant of concern (P.1): a perfect storm.
PMID: 35266951
2022
Genetics and molecular biology
Method: The latter lineage has nine recognized mutations in addition to the P.1 lineage-defining ones: ORF1ab (synC1150T, synC1912T, D762G, T1820I), ORF3a (D155Y, S180F), M (synC26954T), N (synC28789T), and S glycoprotein (A262S).
Result: Notably, some critical diagnostic sites, whose positive selection signals were detected by us (Table S1), did not seem to be relevant in the networks, indicating no apparent sign of expansion (according to our criteria), at least so far (e.g., ORF1a T1820I and ORF3 D155Y diagnostic sites of P.1.2).
Variations in Orf3a protein of SARS-CoV-2 alter its structure and function.
PMID: 33527091
2021
Biochemistry and biophysics reports
Table: D155Y
Predominance of the SARS-CoV-2 Lineage P.1 and Its Sublineage P.1.2 in Patients from the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil in March 2021.
Result: This combination was previously described and gave rise to the P.1.2 lineage, which harbors three ORF1ab replacements (synC1912T, D762G, and T1820I), one in ORF3a (D155Y), and one in N protein (synC28789T) (Table 2).
Discussion: The ORF3a:D155Y substitution is located near SARS-CoV caveolin-binding Domain IV.