Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
J Med Virol. 2021 Sep;93(9):5638-5643. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27062. Epub 2021 May 15.
Several severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants have emerged, posing a renewed threat to coronavirus disease 2019 containment and to vaccine and drug efficacy. In this study, we analyzed more than 1,000,000 SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences deposited up to April 27, 2021, on the GISAID public repository, and identified a novel T478K mutation located on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein. The mutation is structurally located in the region of interaction with human receptor ACE2 and was detected in 11,435 distinct cases. We show that T478K has appeared and risen in frequency since January 2021, predominantly in Mexico and the United States, but we could also detect it in several European countries.
已经出现了几种严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2(SARS-CoV-2)变体,这对 2019 年冠状病毒病的控制以及疫苗和药物的疗效构成了新的威胁。在这项研究中,我们分析了截至 2021 年 4 月 27 日在 GISAID 公共存储库中存储的超过 100 万个 SARS-CoV-2 基因组序列,并在 SARS-CoV-2 刺突蛋白上鉴定出一种新型 T478K 突变。该突变在结构上位于与人类受体 ACE2 的相互作用区域,在 11435 个不同病例中被检测到。我们表明,自 2021 年 1 月以来,T478K 已经出现并增加了频率,主要在墨西哥和美国,但我们也可以在几个欧洲国家检测到它。