AVM v1, released 02-OCT-22

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

Mutation detail:


Mutation site Q38L
Virus SARS-CoV-2
Mutation level Amino acid level
Gene/protein/region type ORF3a
Gene ID 43740569
Country Bangladesh
Mutation type nonsynonymous mutation
Genotype/subtype/clade -
Sample Human
Variants -
Viral reference sequence NC_045512.2
Drug/antibody/vaccine -
Transmissibility -
Transmission mechanism -
Pathogenicity -
Pathogenicity mechanism -
Immune escape mutation -
Immune escape mechanism -
RT-PCR primers probes -

Protein detail:


Protein name ORF3a protein
Uniprot protein ID P0DTC3
Protein length 275 amino acids
Protein description ORF3a is a non-structural protein of SARS-CoV-2 localized at the surface. It is the largest accessory factor that contains 275 amino acids, and shows broad functions, such as enhancing viral entry within the host, regulating the pro-inflammatory cytokine and chemokine production, participating in ion channel formation as well as modulating release of virus from the host cell.

Literature information:


Pubmed ID 33221119
Clinical information No
Disease -
Published year 2021
Journal Computational Biology And Chemistry
Title Genetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 isolates collected from Bangladesh: Insights into the origin, mutational spectrum and possible pathomechanism
Author Sorwer Alam Parvez,Mohammad Mahfujur Rahman,Niaz Morshed,Dolilur Rahman,Saeed Anwar
Evidence Analysis of all 14 Bangladeshi isolates revealed a total of 42 single nucleotide variants (Fig. 2 ); 24 of them were nonsynonymous missense in character.