Conclusion: To summarize, we offer a dissection of the explicit residue to residue intermolecular interactions resulting from the specific
S477N,
N501Y,
K417N,
K417T,
E484K mutations in the
receptor binding domain of the
spike protein in the wild-type SARS-COV-2 virus that have led to the highly concerning B.1.160, B.1.1.7 (alpha), B.1.351 (beta), P.1 (gamma), and P.2 (zeta) variants.