Summary

This strain contains 26 protein-level mutations:

  • 9 mutations in Spike protein: T95I, 144-145 YY->SN, R346K, E484K, N501Y, D614G, Q677H, P681H, D950N
  • 2 mutations in N protein: T205I, Q241K
  • 1 mutation in NS3 protein: Q57H
  • 3 mutations in NS8 protein: T11K, P38S, S67F
  • 1 mutation in NS9b protein: R32L
  • 1 mutation in NS9c protein: L52F
  • 3 mutations in NSP3 protein: T237A, T720I, E997K
  • 1 mutation in NSP4 protein: T492I
  • 1 mutation in NSP6 protein: Q160R
  • 1 mutation in NSP12 protein: P323L
  • 2 mutations in NSP13 protein: P419S, L581F
  • 1 mutation in NSP14 protein: V125F

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*14:01 and peptides affected by the mutations

Weaker binding was not found, while stronger binding was found for 98 entries. There are 10 tight binders for the HLA-DRB1*14:01 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*14:01

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*14:01 YFASTEKSNIIRGWIFG YFASIEKSNIIRGWIFG 1351 439
HLA-DRB1*14:01 YFASTEKSNIIRGWI YFASIEKSNIIRGWI 770 253
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FASTEKSNIIRGWIF FASIEKSNIIRGWIF 1158 383
HLA-DRB1*14:01 VYFASTEKSNIIRGWI VYFASIEKSNIIRGWI 1085 367
HLA-DRB1*14:01 VYFASTEKSNIIRGWIF VYFASIEKSNIIRGWIF 817 284
HLA-DRB1*14:01 NDGVYFASTEKSNIIRGWI NDGVYFASIEKSNIIRGWI 949 332
HLA-DRB1*14:01 DGVYFASTEKSNIIRGWIF DGVYFASIEKSNIIRGWIF 895 316
HLA-DRB1*14:01 GVYFASTEKSNIIRGWI GVYFASIEKSNIIRGWI 847 302
HLA-DRB1*14:01 GVYFASTEKSNIIRGWIFG GVYFASIEKSNIIRGWIFG 945 338
HLA-DRB1*14:01 VYFASTEKSNIIRGW VYFASIEKSNIIRGW 484 175
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FNDGVYFASTEKSNIIRGW FNDGVYFASIEKSNIIRGW 948 346
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FNDGVYFASTEKSNIIRGWI FNDGVYFASIEKSNIIRGWI 583 213
HLA-DRB1*14:01 DGVYFASTEKSNIIRGW DGVYFASIEKSNIIRGW 857 319
HLA-DRB1*14:01 PFNDGVYFASTEKSNIIRGW PFNDGVYFASIEKSNIIRGW 591 222
HLA-DRB1*14:01 GVYFASTEKSNIIRGW GVYFASIEKSNIIRGW 987 373
HLA-DRB1*14:01 NDGVYFASTEKSNIIRGWIF NDGVYFASIEKSNIIRGWIF 539 205
HLA-DRB1*14:01 PFNDGVYFASTEKSNIIRG PFNDGVYFASIEKSNIIRG 950 363
HLA-DRB1*14:01 LPFNDGVYFASTEKSNIIRG LPFNDGVYFASIEKSNIIRG 597 229
HLA-DRB1*14:01 DGVYFASTEKSNIIRGWIFG DGVYFASIEKSNIIRGWIFG 574 221
HLA-DRB1*14:01 VYFASTEKSNIIRGWIFGT VYFASIEKSNIIRGWIFGT 996 388
HLA-DRB1*14:01 LPFNDGVYFASTEKSNIIR LPFNDGVYFASIEKSNIIR 820 321
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FNDGVYFASTEKSNIIR FNDGVYFASIEKSNIIR 704 280
HLA-DRB1*14:01 NDGVYFASTEKSNIIRG NDGVYFASIEKSNIIRG 828 331
HLA-DRB1*14:01 PFNDGVYFASTEKSNII PFNDGVYFASIEKSNII 836 335
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FNDGVYFASTEKSNI FNDGVYFASIEKSNI 719 291
HLA-DRB1*14:01 DGVYFASTEKSNIIRG DGVYFASIEKSNIIRG 963 391
HLA-DRB1*14:01 GVYFASTEKSNIIRGWIFGT GVYFASIEKSNIIRGWIFGT 582 238
HLA-DRB1*14:01 VLPFNDGVYFASTEKSNIIR VLPFNDGVYFASIEKSNIIR 499 207
HLA-DRB1*14:01 GVYFASTEKSNIIRG GVYFASIEKSNIIRG 450 187
HLA-DRB1*14:01 NDGVYFASTEKSNII NDGVYFASIEKSNII 424 178
HLA-DRB1*14:01 DGVYFASTEKSNIIR DGVYFASIEKSNIIR 376 158
HLA-DRB1*14:01 NDGVYFASTEKSNIIR NDGVYFASIEKSNIIR 798 341
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FNDGVYFASTEKSNII FNDGVYFASIEKSNII 929 402
HLA-DRB1*14:01 VLPFNDGVYFASTEKSNII VLPFNDGVYFASIEKSNII 968 420
HLA-DRB1*14:01 PVLPFNDGVYFASTEKSNII PVLPFNDGVYFASIEKSNII 617 282
HLA-DRB1*14:01 VYFASTEKSNIIRGWIFGTT VYFASIEKSNIIRGWIFGTT 636 292
HLA-DRB1*14:01 YFASTEKSNIIRGWIFGTTL YFASIEKSNIIRGWIFGTTL 954 439
HLA-DRB1*14:01 NPVLPFNDGVYFASTEKSNI NPVLPFNDGVYFASIEKSNI 1056 491

NS8 protein

T11K

Reference  MKFLVFLGIITTVAAFHQECSLQSCTQHQPYVVDDP
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Mutated    MKFLVFLGIIKTVAAFHQECSLQSCTQHQPYVVDDP

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Allele Reference peptide Mutated peptide Reference affinity (IC50, nM) Mutated affinity (IC50, nM)
HLA-DRB1*14:01 MKFLVFLGIITTVAA MKFLVFLGIIKTVAA 707 197
HLA-DRB1*14:01 MKFLVFLGIITTVAAF MKFLVFLGIIKTVAAF 1717 480
HLA-DRB1*14:01 KFLVFLGIITTVAAF KFLVFLGIIKTVAAF 641 192
HLA-DRB1*14:01 KFLVFLGIITTVAAFH KFLVFLGIIKTVAAFH 946 301
HLA-DRB1*14:01 MKFLVFLGIITTVAAFH MKFLVFLGIIKTVAAFH 732 251
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FLVFLGIITTVAAFHQ FLVFLGIIKTVAAFHQ 771 280
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FLVFLGIITTVAAFH FLVFLGIIKTVAAFH 375 137
HLA-DRB1*14:01 KFLVFLGIITTVAAFHQEC KFLVFLGIIKTVAAFHQEC 1280 496
HLA-DRB1*14:01 MKFLVFLGIITTVAAFHQE MKFLVFLGIIKTVAAFHQE 1083 421
HLA-DRB1*14:01 LVFLGIITTVAAFHQE LVFLGIIKTVAAFHQE 750 300
HLA-DRB1*14:01 KFLVFLGIITTVAAFHQ KFLVFLGIIKTVAAFHQ 555 229
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FLVFLGIITTVAAFHQE FLVFLGIIKTVAAFHQE 570 238
HLA-DRB1*14:01 LVFLGIITTVAAFHQEC LVFLGIIKTVAAFHQEC 689 291
HLA-DRB1*14:01 LVFLGIITTVAAFHQ LVFLGIIKTVAAFHQ 284 129
HLA-DRB1*14:01 VFLGIITTVAAFHQEC VFLGIIKTVAAFHQEC 901 411

NSP3 protein

T720I

Reference  DWSYSGQSTQLGIEFLKRGDKSVYYTSNPTTFHLDGEVITFDNLKTLLSLR
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Mutated    DWSYSGQSTQLGIEFLKRGDKSVYYISNPTTFHLDGEVITFDNLKTLLSLR

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Allele Reference peptide Mutated peptide Reference affinity (IC50, nM) Mutated affinity (IC50, nM)
HLA-DRB1*14:01 SVYYTSNPTTFHLDG SVYYISNPTTFHLDG 930 415
HLA-DRB1*14:01 DKSVYYTSNPTTFHL DKSVYYISNPTTFHL 457 214
HLA-DRB1*14:01 GDKSVYYTSNPTTFH GDKSVYYISNPTTFH 676 317
HLA-DRB1*14:01 RGDKSVYYTSNPTTF RGDKSVYYISNPTTF 963 457
HLA-DRB1*14:01 GDKSVYYTSNPTTFHL GDKSVYYISNPTTFHL 993 489
HLA-DRB1*14:01 DKSVYYTSNPTTFHLDGEVI DKSVYYISNPTTFHLDGEVI 926 458
HLA-DRB1*14:01 GDKSVYYTSNPTTFHLDGEV GDKSVYYISNPTTFHLDGEV 862 428
HLA-DRB1*14:01 RGDKSVYYTSNPTTFHL RGDKSVYYISNPTTFHL 934 467

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*14:01 TVFPPTSFGPLVRKI TVFPLTSFGPLVRKI 2669 333
HLA-DRB1*14:01 STVFPPTSFGPLVRK STVFPLTSFGPLVRK 3007 392
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FSTVFPPTSFGPLVR FSTVFPLTSFGPLVR 2885 482
HLA-DRB1*14:01 HCANFNVLFSTVFPP HCANFNVLFSTVFPL 759 186
HLA-DRB1*14:01 STVFPPTSFGPLVRKIF STVFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 1597 397
HLA-DRB1*14:01 NVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKI NVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKI 1585 429
HLA-DRB1*14:01 VFPPTSFGPLVRKIF VFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 844 233
HLA-DRB1*14:01 CANFNVLFSTVFPPT CANFNVLFSTVFPLT 473 134
HLA-DRB1*14:01 NVLFSTVFPPTSFGP NVLFSTVFPLTSFGP 751 216
HLA-DRB1*14:01 ANFNVLFSTVFPPTS ANFNVLFSTVFPLTS 386 114
HLA-DRB1*14:01 CANFNVLFSTVFPPTS CANFNVLFSTVFPLTS 1044 314
HLA-DRB1*14:01 HCANFNVLFSTVFPPTS HCANFNVLFSTVFPLTS 783 248
HLA-DRB1*14:01 HCANFNVLFSTVFPPT HCANFNVLFSTVFPLT 1209 384
HLA-DRB1*14:01 TVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFV TVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFV 1121 361
HLA-DRB1*14:01 STVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDG STVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDG 1419 457
HLA-DRB1*14:01 VLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIF VLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 1231 412
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVD FSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVD 1252 420
HLA-DRB1*14:01 LHCANFNVLFSTVFPPT LHCANFNVLFSTVFPLT 881 306
HLA-DRB1*14:01 NFNVLFSTVFPPTSF NFNVLFSTVFPLTSF 330 116
HLA-DRB1*14:01 VFPPTSFGPLVRKIFV VFPLTSFGPLVRKIFV 1350 479
HLA-DRB1*14:01 VFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVD VFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVD 1204 429
HLA-DRB1*14:01 LFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFV LFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFV 1094 396
HLA-DRB1*14:01 NFNVLFSTVFPPTSFGP NFNVLFSTVFPLTSFGP 728 273
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FNVLFSTVFPPTSFG FNVLFSTVFPLTSFG 432 165
HLA-DRB1*14:01 ILHCANFNVLFSTVFPP ILHCANFNVLFSTVFPL 1057 411
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FNVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRK FNVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRK 1186 467
HLA-DRB1*14:01 ANFNVLFSTVFPPTSFG ANFNVLFSTVFPLTSFG 653 258
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FPPTSFGPLVRKIFV FPLTSFGPLVRKIFV 608 242
HLA-DRB1*14:01 CANFNVLFSTVFPPTSF CANFNVLFSTVFPLTSF 618 247
HLA-DRB1*14:01 NFNVLFSTVFPPTSFG NFNVLFSTVFPLTSFG 900 360
HLA-DRB1*14:01 TVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDGV TVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDGV 1160 465
HLA-DRB1*14:01 ANFNVLFSTVFPPTSF ANFNVLFSTVFPLTSF 812 327
HLA-DRB1*14:01 FNVLFSTVFPPTSFGPL FNVLFSTVFPLTSFGPL 944 381
HLA-DRB1*14:01 VLFSTVFPPTSFGPL VLFSTVFPLTSFGPL 1226 495
HLA-DRB1*14:01 ILHCANFNVLFSTVFPPTS ILHCANFNVLFSTVFPLTS 1031 445
HLA-DRB1*14:01 NFNVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVR NFNVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVR 976 448
HLA-DRB1*14:01 PPTSFGPLVRKIFVD PLTSFGPLVRKIFVD 772 355