Result: When incorporating
D614G in monomutants, we were intrigued to find that mutation of
T478I +
D614G or
E484K +
D614G resulted in mutants with protein structure like the
S-
D614G mutant, while other amino acid changes at the same residues, such as
T478R/K +
D614G or
E484Q +
D614G,
Discussion: Amino acid change of
T478I (polar to nonpolar residue) and
E484K (negative- to positive-charge residue) did not contribute to the major shift of the
S-
D614G structure.