AVM v1, released 02-OCT-22

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

Mutation detail:


Mutation site E484K
Virus SARS-CoV-2
Mutation level Amino acid level
Gene/protein/region type S
Gene ID 43740568
Country -
Mutation type nonsynonymous mutation
Genotype/subtype/clade -
Sample cell line
Variants -
Viral reference sequence NC_045512.2
Drug/antibody/vaccine mAb_D14-resistant,mAb_F05-resistant,mAb_F10-resistant,mAb_F20-resistant,mAb_G12-resistant,mAb_H20-resistant,mAb_I15-resistant,mAb_I21-resistant,mAb_J13-resistant,mAb_Patient Convalescent plasma-resistant
Transmissibility -
Transmission mechanism -
Pathogenicity -
Pathogenicity mechanism -
Immune escape mutation Yes
Immune escape mechanism -
RT-PCR primers probes -

Protein detail:


Protein name Spike glycoprotein
Uniprot protein ID P0DTC2
Protein length 1273 amino acids
Protein description Spike protein is one of the structural proteins of SARS-CoV-2. The monomeric protein consists of one large ectodomain, a single-pass transmembrane anchor, and a short intracellular tail at C-terminus. It encompasses 22 glycosylation sites. S protein cleaves into two subunits namely S1 and S2 following receptor recognition. Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) in S1 subunit plays a major role in ACE2 receptor binding.

Literature information:


Pubmed ID 33398278
Clinical information No
Disease -
Published year 2020
Journal bioRxiv
Title SARS-CoV-2 escape in vitro from a highly neutralizing COVID-19 convalescent plasma
Author Emanuele Andreano, Giulia Piccini, Danilo Licastro, Lorenzo Casalino, Nicole V Johnson
Evidence At day 73, an E484K substitution in the receptor-binding domain (RBD) occurred, followed at day 80 by an insertion in the NTD N5 loop containing a new glycan sequon, which generated a variant completely resistant to plasma neutralization.