AVM v1, released 02-OCT-22

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

Mutation detail:


Mutation site K444R/E484A
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 MN908947.3
Drug/antibody/vaccine -
Transmissibility hinder
Transmission mechanism In comparison, double-site mutations of K444R+E484A, K444R+F486A, K444S+E484A, and K444S+F486S further reduced the sCoV2-RBD/ACE2 binding affinities to 23%, 9%, 19%, and 3% of the WT, respectively (Fig. 6a and Supplementary Fig. 5b-j).
Pathogenicity -
Pathogenicity mechanism -
Immune escape mutation -
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 33473140
Clinical information No
Disease -
Published year 2021
Journal Nature Communications
Title Molecular determinants and mechanism for antibody cocktail preventing SARS-CoV-2 escape
Author Zhiqiang Ku, Xuping Xie, Edgar Davidson, Xiaohua Ye, Hang Su
Evidence We reasoned that simultaneous mutations on the two distinct binding sites of CoV2-06 and CoV2-14, which are required for virus to escape neutralization by the cocktail, would be more constrained than mutations on the binding sites of individual mAbs. To test this hypothesis, we generated eight sCoV2-RBD mutant proteins, four with individual mutations of single binding sites (K444R, K444S, E484A, and F486S) and four with simultaneous mutations of both binding sites (K444R+E484A, K444R+F486S, K444S+E484A, and K444S+F486S) (Supplementary Fig. 5a).