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ArticleCurrent microbiology2022

Structural Profiles of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in India.

Soumyananda Chakraborti, Jasmita Gill, Ritu Goswami, Sanjeev Kumar, Anmol Chandele, Amit Sharma

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Article in Current microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors.

Soumyananda Chakraborti *National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi, 110077, India. soumya@mrcindia.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7384-690X
Jasmita Gill *National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi, 110077, India. jasmita.gill@gmail.com.
Ritu GoswamiNational Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi, 110077, India.
Sanjeev KumarICGEB-Emory Vaccine Center, Molecular Medicine Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, 110067, India.
Anmol ChandeleICGEB-Emory Vaccine Center, Molecular Medicine Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, 110067, India.
Amit SharmaNational Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi, 110077, India.

Funding

DBT BT/RLF/Re-entry/09/2019Department of Science and Technology JCB-41The Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance IA/E/18/1/504307
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

India was severely affected by several waves of SARS-CoV-2 infection that occurred during April-June 2021 (second wave) and December 2021-January 2022 (third wave) and thereafter, resulting in >10 million new infections and a significant number of deaths. Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data database was used to collect the sequence information of ~10,000 SARS-CoV-2 patients from India and our sequence analysis identified three variants B.1.1.7 (alpha, α), B1.617.2 (delta, Δ), B.1.1.529 (Omicron, Oo) and one Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75 as the primary drivers for SARS-CoV-2 waves in India. Structural visualization and analysis of important mutations of alpha, delta, Omicron and its sub-variants of SARS-CoV-2 Receptor-Binding Domain (RBD) was performed and our analysis clearly shows that mutations occur throughout the RBD, including the RBD surface responsible for human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE-2) receptor-binding. A comparison between alpha, delta and omicron variants/sub-variants reveals many omicron mutations in the hACE-2 binding site and several other mutations within 5 Å of this binding region. Further, computational analysis highlights the importance of electrostatic interactions in stabilizing RBD-hACE-2-binding, especially in the omicron variant. Our analysis explores the likely role of key alpha, delta and omicron mutations on binding with hACE-2. Taken together, our study provides novel structural insights into the implications of RBD mutations in alpha, delta and omicron and its sub-variants that were responsible for India's SARS-CoV-2 surge.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2AnimalsHumansPeptidyl-Dipeptidase AProtein BindingPeptidyl-Dipeptidase A

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PMID36414797
PMCPMC9684916

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