Article
SARS-Cov-2 ORF3a: Mutability and function.
International journal of biological macromolecules - 15 Feb 2021
Bianchi Martina, Borsetti Alessandra, Ciccozzi Massimo, Pascarella Stefano
Abstract excerpt
In this study, analysis of changes of SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a protein during pandemic is reported. ORF3a, a conserved coronavirus protein, is involved in virus replication and release. A set of 70,752 high-quality SARS-CoV-2 genomes available in GISAID databank at the end of August 2020 have been scanned. All ORF3a mutations in the virus genomes were grouped according to the collection date interval and over the entire...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- COVID-19
- Conserved Sequence
- Databases, Genetic
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genome, Viral
- Humans
- Models, Molecular
- Mutation
- Pandemics
- Protein Structure, Quaternary
