Result: Various mutations were present in the stomach lining biopsy, especially the Q57H (ORF3a), reaching 98.6%, but were not detected in other tissues.
SARS-CoV-2 Mutations and Their Impact on Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Vaccines.
Introduction: In the US, Q57H mutation in the ORF3a region, and S24L and L84S in ORF8 was found to be prevalent, suggesting a positive effect on transmission or virulence.
Table: Q57H
Evolution, Mode of Transmission, and Mutational Landscape of Newly Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants.
Correlates of SARS-CoV-2 Variants on Deaths, Case Incidence and Case Fatality Ratio among the Continents for the Period of 1 December 2020 to 15 March 2021.
Result: The NS3_Q57H mutation was reported at 46.10%, 32.99% and 63.30% in SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences isolated from Africa, Australia and North America, respectively.
Molecular characterization of SARS-CoV-2 from Bangladesh: implications in genetic diversity, possible origin of the virus, and functional significance of the mutations.
Discussion: One study mentioned that the Q57H mutation in ORF3a protein may decrease ion permeability by creating a tighter constriction in channel pore and possibly decrease viral release and immune response (Ul Alam et al.).
Discussion: Our analysis suggested the Q57H decreases protein stability with altered protein function may result in loss of a CD4+ T Cell epitope similar to other studies.
Discussion: There two other functionally significant mutations which are Q57H in ORF3a and S194L in N protein.
Molecular epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 isolated from COVID-19 family clusters.
Result: Second amino acid mutations that were frequently detected were P232L substitution on NSP12 (RdRp) protein (15x), followed by Q57H substitution on NS3 (14x) and P822L substitution on NSP3 protein (13x).
Table: Q57H
The Algerian Chapter of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An Evolutionary, Genetic, and Epidemiological Prospect.
Result: The most frequent variants were observed at positions 5' UTR; 241C>T (78.8%), S gene D614G (76%) Orf1ab; Nsp3 924F (74%), Orf1ab; RdRp P4715L (72%), Orf3a&nbs
Discussion: The most common non-synonymous variants observed were S D614G, Orf1ab RdRp gene P4715L and, Orf3a Q57H which have previously been reported from Europe and the United States.