Abstract: The A.23 viral lineage, characterized by three
spike mutations
F157L,
V367F and
Q613H, was first identified in
COVID-19 cases from a Ugandan prison in July 2020, and then was identified in the general population with additional
spike mutations (
R102I,
L141F,
E484K and
P681R) to comprise lineage A.23.1 by September 2020, with this virus being designated a variant of interest (VOI) in Africa and with subsequent spread to 26 other countries.
Result: Supplementary Figure S5 showed the 7 amino acid changes in the
Spike of virus detected in the last sample:
S12F,
T95I,
L141F,
E484Q,
S494L,
D614G, and
I770V.
Result: The
Spike structure showed a signal peptide mutation,
S12F, and two changes in the
N-terminal domain (NTD),
T95I and
L141F.
Discussion: The
spike structure showed different changes: (i) a signal peptide mutation,
S12F; (ii) two changes in the
N-terminal domain,