Summary

This strain contains 23 protein-level mutations:

  • 8 mutations in Spike protein: T95I, G142D, E154K, L452R, E484Q, D614G, P681R, Q1071H
  • 2 mutations in N protein: R203M, D377Y
  • 1 mutation in M protein: I82S
  • 1 mutation in NS3 protein: S26L
  • 1 mutation in NS7a protein: V82A
  • 2 mutations in NS9c protein: G50W, C68Y
  • 1 mutation in NSP3 protein: T749I
  • 1 mutation in NSP6 protein: T77A
  • 1 mutation in NSP12 protein: P323L
  • 2 mutations in NSP13 protein: G206C, M429I
  • 3 mutations in NSP15 protein: P65S, K259R, S261A

We identified all possible linear viral peptides affected by these mutations. Whenever it was possible, we matched the reference peptide with the mutated one. For example, D -> L mutation transformed SDNGPQNQR to SLNGPQNQR. Cases when it was not meaningful included deletions and insertions at the flanks of the peptide, e.g., HV deletion in NVTWFHAIHV peptide.

Then, we predicted binding affinities between the selected peptides and frequent HLA alleles. Predictions were made with NetMHCpan-4.1 and NetMHCIIpan-4.0. The binding affinities were classifies into three groups:

  1. Tight binding (IC50 affinity ≤ 50 nM)
  2. Moderate binding (50 nM < IC50 affinity ≤ 500 nM)
  3. Weak/no binding (IC50 affinity > 500 nM)

Here we report HLA-peptide interactions whose affinity was altered by at least two folds. Note that mutations with empty set of altered interactions are not showed.

The total number of interactions between HLA-DRB1*16:01 and peptides affected by the mutations

Weaker binding was found for 15 epitopes, while stronger binding was found for 75 entries. There are 433 tight binders for the HLA-DRB1*16:01 in the reference immunopeptidome (IC50 affinity ≤ 50 nM); 0 of them became non-tight binders (0.0%) and 0 novel tight binders appeared (0.0%). To avoid possible divisions by zero, we used + 1 regularization term in denominators when calculating percentages.

HLA-DRB1*16:01

Spike protein

T95I

Reference  VSGTNGTKRFDNPVLPFNDGVYFASTEKSNIIRGWIFGTTLDSKTQSLLIV
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Mutated    VSGTNGTKRFDNPVLPFNDGVYFASIEKSNIIRGWIFGTTLDSKTQSLLIV

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Allele Reference peptide Mutated peptide Reference affinity (IC50, nM) Mutated affinity (IC50, nM)
HLA-DRB1*16:01 YFASTEKSNIIRGWI YFASIEKSNIIRGWI 1758 487
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VYFASTEKSNIIRGW VYFASIEKSNIIRGW 1002 309
HLA-DRB1*16:01 DGVYFASTEKSNIIR DGVYFASIEKSNIIR 637 231
HLA-DRB1*16:01 DGVYFASTEKSNIIRGWIFG DGVYFASIEKSNIIRGWIFG 806 307
HLA-DRB1*16:01 GVYFASTEKSNIIRGWIFGT GVYFASIEKSNIIRGWIFGT 854 327
HLA-DRB1*16:01 NDGVYFASTEKSNIIRGWIF NDGVYFASIEKSNIIRGWIF 743 285
HLA-DRB1*16:01 GVYFASTEKSNIIRGWI GVYFASIEKSNIIRGWI 1261 484
HLA-DRB1*16:01 GVYFASTEKSNIIRG GVYFASIEKSNIIRG 693 267
HLA-DRB1*16:01 LPFNDGVYFASTEKSNIIR LPFNDGVYFASIEKSNIIR 1202 471
HLA-DRB1*16:01 DGVYFASTEKSNIIRGW DGVYFASIEKSNIIRGW 1165 457
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FNDGVYFASTEKSNIIRGWI FNDGVYFASIEKSNIIRGWI 672 264
HLA-DRB1*16:01 PFNDGVYFASTEKSNIIRGW PFNDGVYFASIEKSNIIRGW 659 259
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FNDGVYFASTEKSNIIRGW FNDGVYFASIEKSNIIRGW 1222 484
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FNDGVYFASTEKSNIIR FNDGVYFASIEKSNIIR 890 355
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VLPFNDGVYFASTEKSNIIR VLPFNDGVYFASIEKSNIIR 645 258
HLA-DRB1*16:01 LPFNDGVYFASTEKSNIIRG LPFNDGVYFASIEKSNIIRG 649 260
HLA-DRB1*16:01 PFNDGVYFASTEKSNIIRG PFNDGVYFASIEKSNIIRG 1193 479
HLA-DRB1*16:01 NDGVYFASTEKSNII NDGVYFASIEKSNII 682 277
HLA-DRB1*16:01 DGVYFASTEKSNIIRG DGVYFASIEKSNIIRG 1194 485
HLA-DRB1*16:01 NDGVYFASTEKSNIIR NDGVYFASIEKSNIIR 1032 422
HLA-DRB1*16:01 NDGVYFASTEKSNIIRG NDGVYFASIEKSNIIRG 1018 423
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FNDGVYFASTEKSNI FNDGVYFASIEKSNI 783 333
HLA-DRB1*16:01 PFNDGVYFASTEKSNII PFNDGVYFASIEKSNII 1074 457
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VYFASTEKSNIIRGWIFGTT VYFASIEKSNIIRGWIFGTT 885 378
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FNDGVYFASTEKSNII FNDGVYFASIEKSNII 1070 489
HLA-DRB1*16:01 PVLPFNDGVYFASTEKSNII PVLPFNDGVYFASIEKSNII 810 385

L452R

Reference  DDFTGCVIAWNSNNLDSKVGGNYNYLYRLFRKSNLKPFERDISTEIYQAGS
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Mutated    DDFTGCVIAWNSNNLDSKVGGNYNYRYRLFRKSNLKPFERDISTEIYQAGS

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Allele Reference peptide Mutated peptide Reference affinity (IC50, nM) Mutated affinity (IC50, nM)
HLA-DRB1*16:01 KVGGNYNYLYRLFRK KVGGNYNYRYRLFRK 189 605
HLA-DRB1*16:01 SKVGGNYNYLYRLFR SKVGGNYNYRYRLFR 482 1504
HLA-DRB1*16:01 DSKVGGNYNYLYRLFRK DSKVGGNYNYRYRLFRK 400 1110
HLA-DRB1*16:01 SKVGGNYNYLYRLFRK SKVGGNYNYRYRLFRK 416 1115
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VGGNYNYLYRLFRKS VGGNYNYRYRLFRKS 139 348
HLA-DRB1*16:01 NNLDSKVGGNYNYLYRLFRK NNLDSKVGGNYNYRYRLFRK 382 933
HLA-DRB1*16:01 GGNYNYLYRLFRKSN GGNYNYRYRLFRKSN 137 332
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VGGNYNYLYRLFRKSN VGGNYNYRYRLFRKSN 271 618
HLA-DRB1*16:01 KVGGNYNYLYRLFRKSN KVGGNYNYRYRLFRKSN 255 560
HLA-DRB1*16:01 KVGGNYNYLYRLFRKS KVGGNYNYRYRLFRKS 293 636
HLA-DRB1*16:01 SKVGGNYNYLYRLFRKS SKVGGNYNYRYRLFRKS 279 592
HLA-DRB1*16:01 LDSKVGGNYNYLYRLFRKSN LDSKVGGNYNYRYRLFRKSN 198 414
HLA-DRB1*16:01 DSKVGGNYNYLYRLFRKSN DSKVGGNYNYRYRLFRKSN 354 721
HLA-DRB1*16:01 NLDSKVGGNYNYLYRLFRKS NLDSKVGGNYNYRYRLFRKS 222 449
HLA-DRB1*16:01 LDSKVGGNYNYLYRLFRKS LDSKVGGNYNYRYRLFRKS 381 768

NSP12 protein

P323L

Reference  CVNCLDDRCILHCANFNVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDGVPFVVSTGYHF
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Mutated    CVNCLDDRCILHCANFNVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDGVPFVVSTGYHF

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Allele Reference peptide Mutated peptide Reference affinity (IC50, nM) Mutated affinity (IC50, nM)
HLA-DRB1*16:01 STVFPPTSFGPLVRK STVFPLTSFGPLVRK 1490 96
HLA-DRB1*16:01 TVFPPTSFGPLVRKI TVFPLTSFGPLVRKI 1059 74
HLA-DRB1*16:01 STVFPPTSFGPLVRKI STVFPLTSFGPLVRKI 1994 152
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKI FSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKI 1644 134
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FSTVFPPTSFGPLVR FSTVFPLTSFGPLVR 1871 156
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FSTVFPPTSFGPLVRK FSTVFPLTSFGPLVRK 2332 205
HLA-DRB1*16:01 TVFPPTSFGPLVRKIF TVFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 1246 122
HLA-DRB1*16:01 STVFPPTSFGPLVRKIF STVFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 1079 108
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VFPPTSFGPLVRKIF VFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 581 64
HLA-DRB1*16:01 LFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRK LFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRK 1643 183
HLA-DRB1*16:01 LFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIF LFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 1315 157
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIF FSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 2805 335
HLA-DRB1*16:01 LFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKI LFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKI 3754 452
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VFPPTSFGPLVRKIFV VFPLTSFGPLVRKIFV 1056 130
HLA-DRB1*16:01 TVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFV TVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFV 894 111
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVD VFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVD 998 125
HLA-DRB1*16:01 STVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVD STVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVD 1317 166
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFV FSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFV 1213 155
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKI VLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKI 1485 197
HLA-DRB1*16:01 TVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDG TVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDG 1351 182
HLA-DRB1*16:01 STVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFV STVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFV 2475 338
HLA-DRB1*16:01 TVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVD TVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVD 2624 360
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVD FSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVD 749 104
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FPPTSFGPLVRKIFVD FPLTSFGPLVRKIFVD 1386 195
HLA-DRB1*16:01 STVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDG STVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDG 772 112
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDG VFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDG 2657 403
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDGV VFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDGV 1371 208
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FPPTSFGPLVRKIFV FPLTSFGPLVRKIFV 553 85
HLA-DRB1*16:01 LFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFV LFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFV 638 99
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIF VLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 635 101
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDG FPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDG 1203 194
HLA-DRB1*16:01 TVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDGV TVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDGV 773 125
HLA-DRB1*16:01 LFSTVFPPTSFGPLVR LFSTVFPLTSFGPLVR 2354 381
HLA-DRB1*16:01 NVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKI NVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKI 753 122
HLA-DRB1*16:01 NVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRK NVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRK 1463 264
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDGVP VFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDGVP 808 147
HLA-DRB1*16:01 PPTSFGPLVRKIFVD PLTSFGPLVRKIFVD 877 169
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDGVP FPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDGVP 1596 340
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVR VLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVR 1333 314
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FNVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRK FNVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRK 676 162
HLA-DRB1*16:01 PPTSFGPLVRKIFVDG PLTSFGPLVRKIFVDG 1736 444
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDGVPF FPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDGVPF 861 224
HLA-DRB1*16:01 LFSTVFPPTSFGPLV LFSTVFPLTSFGPLV 1587 436
HLA-DRB1*16:01 PPTSFGPLVRKIFVDGV PLTSFGPLVRKIFVDGV 1563 433
HLA-DRB1*16:01 FNVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVR FNVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVR 1256 458
HLA-DRB1*16:01 NFNVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVR NFNVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVR 633 272
HLA-DRB1*16:01 PPTSFGPLVRKIFVDGVPFV PLTSFGPLVRKIFVDGVPFV 893 388
HLA-DRB1*16:01 PTSFGPLVRKIFVDG LTSFGPLVRKIFVDG 1073 470
HLA-DRB1*16:01 VLFSTVFPPTSFGPL VLFSTVFPLTSFGPL 766 372