Introduction: Moreover, an allosteric effect of the NTD mutations (
L18F,
D80A,
D215G, Delta243-244 and R246) in the
spike interaction with ACE2 has been suggested, because the binding of the Beta
spike to the NTD-directed nAbs was dramatically reduced.
Introduction: This variant shares with the Beta variant some mutations with functional significance, which were acquired independently:
E484K,
N501Y, and
K417T (instead of
K417N found in Beta) located in the
RBD, and
L18F in the NTD.