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

Mutation detail:


Mutation site K272T
Virus Human respiratory syncytial virus
Mutation level Amino acid Level
Gene/protein/region type F
Gene ID 1494474
Country -
Mutation type nonsynonymous mutation
Genotype/subtype/clade A
Sample cell line
Variants -
Viral reference sequence AY911262.1/M11486.1
Drug/antibody/vaccine Palivizumab-resistant
Transmissibility -
Transmission mechanism -
Pathogenicity -
Pathogenicity mechanism -
Immune escape mutation -
Immune escape mechanism -
RT-PCR primers probes -

Protein detail:


Protein name Attachment glycoprotein
Uniprot protein ID P03423
Protein length 298 amino acids
Protein description G protein is another target for neutralizing antibodies and it is a type II integral membrane protein composed of 298AA and weights ~ 90 kDa. It is vastly glycosylated and it is expressed in secreted and membrane-anchored forms called Gs and Gm, respectively. Gs is linked to neutralization inhibition, while Gm is related to viral attachment. This hostvirus membrane attachment is mediated by heparin sulfate proteoglycans receptor interaction. The antigenic variation is situated in the mucin domain of G protein at both C- and N- terminal ends. N- and O-glycosylation enables the protein to mature and enhances immune escape mechanisms. Other feature includes a central conserved region (CX3C motif) which is responsible for CX3CR1 binding to diminish inflammatory cytokines release.

Literature information:


Pubmed ID 21208913
Clinical information No
Disease -
Published year 2011
Journal The Journal of infectious diseases
Title Analysis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Preclinical and Clinical Variants Resistant to Neutralization by Monoclonal Antibodies Palivizumab and/or Motavizumab
Author Qing Zhu,Josie M. McAuliffe,Nita K. Patel,Frances J. Palmer-Hill,Chin-fen Yang
Evidence The palivizumab-selected clones B1, B2, B7, and B9 containing mutations K272N, K272M, K272T, or K272Q were largely resistant to palivizumab neutralization, with increases in calculated IC50 values ranging from 5164-fold for clone B1 to >25,000-fold for B2