Introduction: There have been a number of missense mutations observed in the receptor-binding domain (
RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2
S protein, which have presented in one or more of the VOCs, including the
N440K,
G446V,
L452R,
Y453F,
E484Q,
F490S,
N501Y,
N501S,
E484K, and
K417N, most of which are located at the
RBD-ACE2 interface.