Results
The
SARS-CoV-2 surface
glycoprotein is rapidly mutating
Multiple alignment of all sequences (retrieved: 22/03/2020) that were
available in GenBank and GISAID for the surface glycoprotein of the
SARS-CoV-2 protein from different isolates showed that there is a rapid
emergence of mutations in the amino acid sequences (Figure 1). All the
mutations were substitutions, except for one isolate from India which
had a deletion of Y145del. The analysis showed that the mutations are
scattered in isolates from different regions around the globe, with a
significant proportion from European states (Supplementary Table 1). In
total 63 different substitution mutations and 1 deletion were observed.