GeneMedi pseudotype virus (pseudovirus) of SARS-COV-2 (2019nCOV) Spike-N501Y mutation
Taking responsibility to help accelerate the COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic antibody discovery and development, GeneMedi had developed the pseudotype virus (pseudovirus) of SARS-COV-2 (2019nCOV) spike-N501Y mutation, which will meet the evaluation of the efficacy of COVID19 vaccines and therapeutic antibodies.
SARS-COV-2 (2019nCOV) variant-N501Y mutation of Spike protein & ACE2 competition binding assay for efficacy evaluation of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutic antibodies
GeneMedi codon-optimized spike mammalian expression vector for SARS-COV-2 (2019nCOV) spike-N501Y mutation
GeneMedi designed a mammalian expression codon-optimized spike mutation/deletion variant vector and adenovirus for COVID-19 SARS-COV-2 (2019nCOV) spike-N501Y mutation.
SARS-CoV-2 spike-N501Y mutation
The world is in midst of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 (2019nCoV) infection. The Spike protein (S-protein) of SARS-CoV-2 (2019nCoV) mediates receptor (ACE2) binding and cell entry and is the dominant target of the immune system. Most mutations and deletions of SARS-CoV-2 occur in the coronavirus spike protein. Spike position N501, one of the key contact residues in the receptor-binding domain (RBD), and experimental data suggest mutation N501Y can increase ACE2 receptor affinity (Starr et al. 2020). N501Y has also been associated with increased infectivity and virulence in a mouse model (Gu et al. 2020).
Recently a novel SARS-COV-2 (2019nCOV) lineage, the B.1.1.7 lineage, with serials of site mutation, shows stronger infection ability in the UK. In SARS-COV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage, most mutations and deletions occur in the coronavirus spike protein. These mutantions also include SARS-CoV-2 spike- mutation. N501Y mutation is also found in the South Africa 501Y.V2 lineage.
The mutations and deletions information of GeneMedi’s codon-optimized Spike vector for SARS-COV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage in UK COVID-19 pandemic recently:
21765-21770 deletion |
Spike-S1 Subunit |
HV 69-70 deletion (Click to more details about HV 69-70 deletion related products) |
Table 1 | All mutations and deletions occur in COVID-19 SARS-COV-2 (2019nCOV) B.1.1.7 lineage
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Gene | Nucleotide | Amino acid | |
ORF1ab | C3267T | T1001I | |
C5388A | A1708D | ||
T6954C | I2230T | ||
11288-11296 deletion | SGF 3675-3677 deletion | ||
spike | 21765-21770 deletion | HV 69-70 deletion (Click to more details about HV 69-70 deletion related products) | |
21991-21993 deletion | Y144 deletion | ||
A23063T | N501Y (Click to more details about N501Y related products) | ||
C23271A | A570D | ||
C23604A | P681H | ||
C23709T | T716I | ||
T24506G | S982A | ||
G24914C | D1118H | ||
Orf8 | C27972T | Q27stop | |
G28048T | R52I | ||
A28111G | Y73C | ||
N | 28280 GAT->CTA | D3L | |
C28977T | S235F |
Reference:
1 Gu, Hongjing, Qi Chen, Guan Yang, Lei He, Hang Fan, Yong-Qiang Deng, Yanxiao Wang, et al. 2020. “Adaptation of SARS-CoV-2 in BALB/c Mice for Testing Vaccine Efficacy.” Science 369 (6511): 1603–7.
2 Starr, Tyler N., Allison J. Greaney, Sarah K. Hilton, Daniel Ellis, Katharine H. D. Crawford, Adam S. Dingens, Mary Jane Navarro, et al. 2020. “Deep Mutational Scanning of SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain Reveals Constraints on Folding and ACE2 Binding.” Cell 182 (5): 1295–1310.e20.