AVM v1, released 02-OCT-22

A manually curated database of aerosol-transmitted virus mutations, human diseases, and drugs

Mutation detail:


Mutation site I38T
Virus Influenzavirus A H1N1
Mutation level Amino acid Level
Gene/protein/region type PA
Gene ID 23308128
Country -
Mutation type nonsynonymous mutation
Genotype/subtype/clade -
Sample cell line
Variants -
Viral reference sequence FJ966081.1
Drug/antibody/vaccine baloxavir resistant
Transmissibility -
Transmission mechanism -
Pathogenicity -
Pathogenicity mechanism -
Immune escape mutation -
Immune escape mechanism -
RT-PCR primers probes -

Protein detail:


Protein name Polymerase PA
Uniprot protein ID C3W5X6
Protein length 716 amino acids
Protein description PA Plays an essential role in viral RNA transcription and replication by forming the heterotrimeric polymerase complex together with PB1 and PB2 subunits. The complex transcribes viral mRNAs by using a unique mechanism called cap-snatching. It consists in the hijacking and cleavage of host capped pre-mRNAs. These short capped RNAs are then used as primers for viral mRNAs. The PB2 subunit is responsible for the binding of the 5' cap of cellular pre-mRNAs which are subsequently cleaved after 10-13 nucleotides by the PA subunit that carries the endonuclease activity.

Literature information:


Pubmed ID 31419295
Clinical information No
Disease -
Published year 2020
Journal The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Title Impact of the Baloxavir-Resistant Polymerase Acid I38T Substitution on the Fitness of Contemporary Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2) Strains
Author Liva Checkmahomed,Zeineb M.hamdi,Julie Carbonneau,Marie-Christine Venable,Mariana Baz
Evidence Impact of the I38T PA mutation in mice experimentally infected with A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses.A, Mean body weight loss standard deviation of mice infected with recombinant A(H1N1)pdm09 wild-type (WT) and mutant viruses. Groups of 6 mice were infected with 720 plaque-forming units of the recombinant A(H1N1)pdm09 and its I38T variant