Introduction: The Spike of Mu accumulated the following mutations: insertion in 146N, T95I, Y144T and Y145S, in the N-terminal domain (NTD); R346K, E484K, N501Y in the receptor-binding domain (RBD) and P681H at the S1/S2 interface.
Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) of SARS-CoV-2: understanding mutations in the genome, S-glycoprotein, and antibody-binding regions.
Abstract: New mutations were found in the NTD (Delta143-145, A67V, T95I, L212I, and Delta211) including one new mutation in fusion peptide (D796Y).
Result: Significant mutations in the RBD include Q493K, G496S, Q498R, S477N, G466S, N440K, and Y505H, whereas those in the NTD included Delta143-145, A67V, T95I, L212I, and Delta211.
Using genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 to support contact tracing and public health surveillance in rural Humboldt County, California.
Figure: *The parental B.1.311 lineage in this case gave rise to additional de novo mutations in Spike in some downstream members of this clade, including N501Y, and T95I.
Rapidly Identifying New Coronavirus Mutations of Potential Concern in the Omicron Variant Using an Unsupervised Learning Strategy.
Abstract: To build an investigative framework, we have applied an unsupervised machine learning approach to 4296 Omicron viral genomes collected and deposited to GISAID as of December 14, 2021, and have identified a core haplotype of 28 polymutants (A67V, T95I, G339D, R346K, S371L, S373P, S375F, K417N, N440K, G446S, S477N, T478K, E484A, Q493R, G496S, Q498R, N501Y, Y505H,
Misidentification of the SARS-CoV-2 Mu variant using commercial mutation screening assays.
Result: We have performed a test of binding of chimeric antibodies AX677ch and AX290ch to the ectodomain trimer of the Omicron S protein (carrying mutations A67V, HV69-70del, T95I, G142D, VYY143-145del, N211del, L212I, ins214EPE, G339D, S371L, S373P, S375F, K417N, N440K, G446S, S477N, T478K, E484A, Q493R, G496S, Q498R, PMID: 34842496
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Emerging microbes & infections
Discussion: Apart from the lineage-defining changes in variants Delta-like, additional substitutions were observed such as T95I, P251L in the N-terminal domain, Q613H and T719I during the following weeks (data not shown).