Article ; Online: Emerging variants of concern in SARS-CoV-2 membrane protein: a highly conserved target with potential pathological and therapeutic implications.
Emerging microbes & infections
2021 Volume 10, Issue 1, Page(s) 885–893
Abstract: Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 Membrane (M) gene are relatively uncommon. The M gene encodes the most ... of reported SARS-CoV-2 genomes carrying M gene mutations. This is associated with emergence of a new sub-B.1 ... abundant viral structural protein, and is implicated in multiple viral functions, including initial ...
| Abstract | Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 Membrane (M) gene are relatively uncommon. The M gene encodes the most abundant viral structural protein, and is implicated in multiple viral functions, including initial attachment to the host cell via heparin sulphate proteoglycan, viral protein assembly in conjunction with the N and E genes, and enhanced glucose transport. We have identified a recent spike in the frequency of reported SARS-CoV-2 genomes carrying M gene mutations. This is associated with emergence of a new sub-B.1 clade, B.1.I82T, defined by the previously unreported M:I82T mutation within TM3, the third of three membrane spanning helices implicated in glucose transport. The frequency of this mutation increased in the USA from 0.014% in October 2020 to 1.62% in February 2021, a 116-fold change. While constituting 0.7% of the isolates overall, M:I82T sub-B.1 lineage accounted for 14.4% of B.1 lineage isolates in February 2021, similar to the rapid initial increase previously seen with the B.1.1.7 and B.1.429 lineages, which quickly became the dominant lineages in Europe and California over a period of several months. A similar increase in incidence was also noted in another related mutation, V70L, also within the TM2 transmembrane helix. These M mutations are associated with younger patient age (4.6 to 6.3 years). The rapid emergence of this B.1.I82T clade, recently named Pangolin B.1.575 lineage, suggests that this M gene mutation is more biologically fit, perhaps related to glucose uptake during viral replication, and should be included in ongoing genomic surveillance efforts and warrants further evaluation for potentially increased pathogenic and therapeutic implications. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Adult ; COVID-19/virology ; Cell Lineage ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Humans ; Mutation ; Phylogeny ; SARS-CoV-2/genetics ; Viral Matrix Proteins/genetics |
| Chemical Substances | Viral Matrix Proteins ; membrane protein, SARS-CoV-2 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-04-26 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2681359-2 |
| ISSN | 2222-1751 ; 2222-1751 |
| ISSN (online) | 2222-1751 |
| ISSN | 2222-1751 |
| DOI | 10.1080/22221751.2021.1922097 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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