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

Mutation detail:


Mutation site del27122-27535
Virus MERS-CoV
Mutation level Nucleotide level
Gene/protein/region type ORF5
Gene ID 14254598
Country China
Mutation type -
Genotype/subtype/clade -
Sample Human
Variants -
Viral reference sequence KT036372.1
Drug/antibody/vaccine -
Transmissibility -
Transmission mechanism -
Pathogenicity decrease
Pathogenicity mechanism -
Immune escape mutation -
Immune escape mechanism -
RT-PCR primers probes -

Protein detail:


Protein name ORF5 protein
Uniprot protein ID K9N7D2
Protein length 224 amino acids
Protein description ORF5 protein is one of the non-structural protein of MERS-CoV. ORF5 protein seems to play a role in the inhibition of host innate immune repsonse.

Literature information:


Pubmed ID 28421366
Clinical information No
Disease -
Published year 2017
Journal Archives of virology
Title Two deletion variants of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus found in a patient with characteristic symptoms
Author Qian Xie,vujuan Cao,Juan Su,Jie wu,Xxianbo wu
Evidence Deletions of 414 and 419 nt occurred between ORF5 and the E protein, resulting in a partial protein fusion or truncation of ORF5 and the E protein.