AVM v1, released 02-OCT-22

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

Mutation detail:


Mutation site E538K
Virus Influenzavirus A H1N1
Mutation level Amino acid Level
Gene/protein/region type PA
Gene ID 23308128
Country Canada
Mutation type nonsynonymous mutation
Genotype/subtype/clade -
Sample Human
Variants -
Viral reference sequence NC_026437.1
Drug/antibody/vaccine -
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 21801626
Clinical information No
Disease -
Published year 2011
Journal Emerging Infectious Diseases
Title Multidrug-resistant pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in immunocompetent child
Author AliReza Eshaghi,Samir N Patel,Alicia Sarabia,Rachel R Higgins,Alexei Savchenko
Evidence In comparison with A/California/7/2009 (H1N1), several nonsynonymous mutations were identified: I201V and E538K in polymerase; S220T, D239E, and K465R in hemagglutinin; V100I and M316I in nucleoprotein; S99P and I123V in nonstructural protein; T16I, V106I, I223R, N248D, and N369K in NA.