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The name of the mutation, del 69-70, or 69-70 del, or other similar notations, refers to the deletion of amino acid at position 69 to 70. The mutation is found in the Alpha variant, and could lead to "spike gene target failure" and result in false negative result in PCR virus test. [270]
ZAP70 deficiency SCID is caused by a mutation is the ZAP70 gene, ... Selective T-cell defect; Zeta-associated-protein 70 deficiency at NIH's Office of Rare Diseases;
The nucleotide sequence of an individual genome from a population (no matter which the degree of population complexity might be), can be determined either following a biological or molecular cloning event or by deep sequencing of entire viral genomes, in a manner that mutation linkage (assignment of different mutations to the same genome molecule) can be established.
ZAP-70 (Zeta-chain-associated protein kinase 70) is a protein normally expressed near the surface membrane of lymphocytes (T cells, natural killer cells, and a subset of B cells). [5] It is most prominently known to be recruited upon antigen binding to the T cell receptor (TCR), and it plays a critical role in T cell signaling.
It has mutations in the gene encoding the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein [6] causing the substitutions T478K, P681R and L452R, [7] [8] which are known to affect transmissibility of the virus as well as whether it can be neutralised by antibodies for previously circulating variants of the COVID-19 virus. [9]
As of June 2022, Omicron had about 50 mutations relative to the Wuhan-Hu-1 or B variant, [125] [126] which is more than any previous SARS-CoV-2 variant. Thirty-two of these pertained to the spike protein, which most vaccines target to neutralise the virus. [127] As of December 2021, many mutations were novel and not found in previous variants. [43]
One example is a study done on the DFE of random mutations in vesicular stomatitis virus. [70] Out of all mutations, 39.6% were lethal, 31.2% were non-lethal deleterious, and 27.1% were neutral. Another example comes from a high throughput mutagenesis experiment with yeast. [75]
The mutation rate estimated from early cases of SARS-CoV-2 was of 6.54 × 10 −4 per site per year. [86] Coronaviruses in general have high genetic plasticity, [89] but SARS-CoV-2's viral evolution is slowed by the RNA proofreading capability of its replication machinery. [90]