Myxobacterial depsipeptide chondramides interrupt SARS-CoV-2 entry by targeting its broad, cell tropic spike protein.
PMID: 34463219
2021
Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics
Introduction: The top-binding ligands were additionally screened against biologically significant SARS-CoV-2 mutations occurring in the RBD of the S protein such as N501Y, E484K, K417N/T, A475V, I472V, L452R, V483A, F490L, S477N and N439K along with the United Kingdom, South African and Brazilian SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Method: Using the same PDB ID, the SARS-CoV-2 variants (N501Y, E484K, K417N/T, A475V,
A bioluminescent and homogeneous SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD and hACE2 interaction assay for antiviral screening and monitoring patient neutralizing antibody levels.
Discussion: Global data analysis shows that infectivity strengthening and virion stable mutations are on the rise (especially the frequency of S477N, N439K, V483A, and V367F), clearly indicating the natural selection of mutations with stronger transmissibility.
Molecular rationale for SARS-CoV-2 spike circulating mutations able to escape bamlanivimab and etesevimab monoclonal antibodies.
Result: The mutagenesis results obtained by mutating these three viral spike amino acids into the reported variants (V483A/F/G/I/L, F486I/L/S, and Y489C/F/H/S, respectively) ultimately confirm the minor role played by these residues at the SARS-CoV-2 RBD/LY-CoV555 mAb binding interface.
Result: led to the following list of naturally occurring mutations at the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein residues contacting the LY-CoV555 mAb: E484A/D/G/K/Q/R/V, Q493H/K/L/R, S494A/P/R/T, L452M/Q/R,
Abstract: In the case of prolonged infections' mutations (long-term SARS-CoV-2 infections), V483A (0.009%) was found to be dominant followed by Q493R (0.009%), while other mutations were found in less than 0.007% of the studied sequences.
Result: Country-wise, V483A mutation was found only in the USA (63/300280 sequences) and the UK (11/178878 sequences).
Result: During this period, the prevalence of Q493R, Q493K, E484A and T470N increased by 0.004, 0.001, 0.003 and 0.001% points, respectively, while the prevalence of V483A and T415A decreased by 0.01 and 0.005% points, respectively.
Result: Globally, these mutations w
Additional Positive Electric Residues in the Crucial Spike Glycoprotein S Regions of the New SARS-CoV-2 Variants.
Result: Of these, five (S477N, E484K, E484Q, S494L, S494P) were found in viruses circulating in Bengaluru, and the amino acid replacement V483A was from an imported case.
Discussion: All nine amino acid changes, namely N440K, S477N, V483A, E484K/Q, F490S, S494L/P, N501Y are associated with immune escape.
SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in Costa Rica: Evidence of a divergent population and an increased detection of a spike T1117I mutation.
PMID: 33905892
2021
Infection, genetics and evolution
Result: In addition, no structural variants in the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the Spike protein (N439K, T481I, V483A, E484E, N501Y nor G476S) were identified.
Comprehensive annotations of the mutational spectra of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: a fast and accurate pipeline.
PMID: 32954666
2021
Transboundary and emerging diseases