Comprehensive annotations of the mutational spectra of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: a fast and accurate pipeline.
PMID: 32954666
2021
Transboundary and emerging diseases
Result: We also found aa substitutions at six positions within the RBD region that are directly involved in binding with ACE-2 receptor (Wang et al., 2020; Yuan et al., 2020) including N439K (Scotland, Romania), L455F (England), A475V (USA, Australia), and F456L, Q493L and N501Y (USA) (Data S2).
Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 mutations in the United States suggests presence of four substrains and novel variants.
Result: The L455F mutation localized on the RBM has low frequency but the highest absolute binding free energy changes, while the A411S localized outside the RBM with low positive binding free energy change has the highest frequency.
SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 sensitivity to mRNA vaccine-elicited, convalescent and monoclonal antibodies.
Introduction: To assess the neutralization breadth of RBD-NP-elicited Abs, we evaluated serum neutralizing activity against a panel of pseudotyped viruses comprising wild-type (D614G) SARS-CoV-2 S and nine single-residue SARS-CoV-2 RBD mutants detected in clinical isolates (G446S, Y453F, L455F, T478I, E484A/K, F486L, S494P, and N501Y) as well as the B.1.1.7 (H69-V70 deletion, Y144 deletion, N501Y, A570D, P681H, T716I, PMID: 33880470
2021
bioRxiv
Abstract: We unveil, for the first time, that high-frequency mutations R346K/S, N439K, G446V, L455F, V483F/A, E484Q/V/A/G/D, F486L, F490L/V/S, Q493L, and S494P/L might compromise some of mAbs in clinical trials.
Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein modulate the virus affinity to the human ACE2 receptor, an in silico analysis.
Abstract: On the other hand, several mutants, including the most prevalent N501Y and B.1.1.7 variants, as well as the K444R, L455F, Q493R, and Y505W variants exhibited lower binding free energy as compared to the WT spike.
Result: The other investigated mutants, including the B.1.1.7 (-13.4 kcal/mol), K444R (-13.8 kcal/mol), Result: Thus, our further analysis was focused on the mutants that exhibited similar or lower binding free energy than that found for the N501Y mutant, including the B.1.1.7, K444R, L455F, Q493R, and Y505W variants (see Table 3(Tab.
Vaccine-escape and fast-growing mutations in the United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore, Spain, India, and other COVID-19-devastated countries.
Result: All other 11 mutations (N501I, N501S, N501T, N501Y, Q493L, Q493H, A475V, L455F, G446S and K417R) were predicted to have a neutral effect on the protein function.
Result: However, T when replaced with S at position 500 reduces the binding affinity between RBD and ACE2, whereas the variants L455F and A475V increase their binding affinity.