Discussion: The P681H, P681R, and Q677H mutation sites in the variants are located near the furin cleavage site, which may affect the cleavage of S protein.
Longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 spike and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase protein sequences reveals the emergence and geographic distribution of diverse mutations.
PMID: 34801754
2022
Infection, genetics and evolution
Result: Q677H has been observed in the United States in October 2020 by Hodcroft et al.
Result: Q677H, observed in 2146 sequences (0.62% of total sequences), occurs outside of the furin cleavage site but may affect a QTQN consensus sequence near the site.
Result: S17) reveals 14 mutations out of 64 total that appear to be consistently present (P681H, Q677H, Q675H, Q677P, S673T, N679K, P681R, Q675R, P681L, T676I, T678I, A684V, Q677R, and
Occurrence of a substitution or deletion of SARS-CoV-2 spike amino acid 677 in various lineages in Marseille, France.
Result: Also, eight genomes were classified in the Marseille-501/A.27 lineage that was first detected in our institute in January 2021, accounted for 18 genomes in our database and which may or may not harbour Q677H substitution.
Result: Codon changes from CAG to CAT or CAC leading to this Q677H substitution deoptimise the viral codon usage relative to that of the human genome.
Result: Finally, viral neutralisation in the presence of a monoclonal conformation-dependent antibody targeting the spike receptor binding domain led to a 50% reduction in neutralisation of 677H-harbouring spike relative to 677Q-harbouring spike (wild type), and of Q677H/D614G-harbouring spike
Haplotype distribution of SARS-CoV-2 variants in low and high vaccination rate countries during ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic in early 2021.
PMID: 34848355
2022
Infection, genetics and evolution
Table: Q677H
A comprehensive overview of identified mutations in SARS CoV-2 spike glycoprotein among Iranian patients.
Comparative mutational analysis of SARS-CoV-2 isolates from Pakistan and structural-functional implications using computational modelling and simulation approaches.
PMID: 34968862
2022
Computers in biology and medicine
Result: As a result, the D614G, Q677H double mutant enhanced binding efficiency, and this mutant, as well as other interface residues, are important hotspots for therapeutic development against SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Result: As given in Table 5 , the total binding energy for the D614G-Q677H variant was -75.78 kcal/mol followed by the D614G-S943T-V622F variant -75.17 kcal/mol and -73.84 kcal/mol for the N74K-D614G variant.
Result: Moreover, the strength of the wild type and mutants was ranked as D614G-Q677H variant (1.0 E-09), wild type (1.9 E-09) while for the N74K-<
Emergence of two distinct variants of SARS-CoV-2 and an explosive second wave of COVID-19: the experience of a tertiary care hospital in Pune, India.
Result: Mutants Q675R, Q677H, P681H, P681L, A684S, A684T, A684V and V687L facilitated entry into all cell lines tested with comparable or up to two-fold enhanced/decreased efficiency compared to WT SARS-CoV-2 S (Fig 4A).
Result: The remaining mutations under study include Q675R, Q677H, S686G, V687L and A688V (Fig 1B).
Evolutionary dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in Yogyakarta and Central Java, Indonesia: sequence analysis covering furin cleavage site (FCS) region of the spike protein.
Result: Two sequences (3.85%) came from Yogyakarta containing Q677H mutation as of August 2020.
Result: We detected several mutations accompanying the D614G variant, i.e., Q675H, Q677H, S680P, and silent mutation in 23,557 C > T.
Figure: Analysis of the maximum clade credibility (MCC) tree in the research samples and the Indonesian samples obtained from GISAID data showed the formation of five clusters from the FCS region, with S680P and Q677H in the same cluster.
Figure: maximum likelihood (ML) tree from furin cleavage site (FCS) region of research samples (red dot) with several FCS SARS-CoV-2 strains originating from the GeneBank (black dots were originated from Indonesia and blue dots were