Summary

This strain contains 11 protein-level mutations:

  • 4 mutations in Spike protein: S13I, W152C, L452R, D614G
  • 1 mutation in N protein: T205I
  • 2 mutations in NS3 protein: Q57H, A99V
  • 1 mutation in NS9c protein: L52F
  • 1 mutation in NSP2 protein: T85I
  • 1 mutation in NSP12 protein: P323L
  • 1 mutation in NSP13 protein: D260Y

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*15:02 and peptides affected by the mutations

Weaker binding was found for 1 epitope, while stronger binding was found for 86 entries. There are 92 tight binders for the HLA-DRB1*15:02 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*15:02

Spike protein

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*15:02 KVGGNYNYLYRLFRK KVGGNYNYRYRLFRK 415 920

NSP2 protein

T85I

Reference  WYTERSEKSYELQTPFEIKLAKKFDTFNGECPNFVFPLNSIIKTIQPRVEK
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Mutated    WYTERSEKSYELQTPFEIKLAKKFDIFNGECPNFVFPLNSIIKTIQPRVEK

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Allele Reference peptide Mutated peptide Reference affinity (IC50, nM) Mutated affinity (IC50, nM)
HLA-DRB1*15:02 PFEIKLAKKFDTFNGECPNF PFEIKLAKKFDIFNGECPNF 1054 425
HLA-DRB1*15:02 EIKLAKKFDTFNGECPNFVF EIKLAKKFDIFNGECPNFVF 1177 478
HLA-DRB1*15:02 FEIKLAKKFDTFNGECPNFV FEIKLAKKFDIFNGECPNFV 991 412
HLA-DRB1*15:02 TPFEIKLAKKFDTFN TPFEIKLAKKFDIFN 1002 417
HLA-DRB1*15:02 TPFEIKLAKKFDTFNGECPN TPFEIKLAKKFDIFNGECPN 1002 426
HLA-DRB1*15:02 QTPFEIKLAKKFDTF QTPFEIKLAKKFDIF 980 420
HLA-DRB1*15:02 PFEIKLAKKFDTFNG PFEIKLAKKFDIFNG 1097 476
HLA-DRB1*15:02 QTPFEIKLAKKFDTFNGECP QTPFEIKLAKKFDIFNGECP 950 422
HLA-DRB1*15:02 LQTPFEIKLAKKFDTFNGEC LQTPFEIKLAKKFDIFNGEC 935 451
HLA-DRB1*15:02 ELQTPFEIKLAKKFDTFNGE ELQTPFEIKLAKKFDIFNGE 901 435

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*15:02 FSTVFPPTSFGPLVRK FSTVFPLTSFGPLVRK 4257 498
HLA-DRB1*15:02 STVFPPTSFGPLVRKI STVFPLTSFGPLVRKI 3779 444
HLA-DRB1*15:02 STVFPPTSFGPLVRK STVFPLTSFGPLVRK 2712 325
HLA-DRB1*15:02 TVFPPTSFGPLVRKI TVFPLTSFGPLVRKI 2258 303
HLA-DRB1*15:02 FSTVFPPTSFGPLVR FSTVFPLTSFGPLVR 2542 347
HLA-DRB1*15:02 FSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKI FSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKI 2916 408
HLA-DRB1*15:02 TVFPPTSFGPLVRKIF TVFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 2890 451
HLA-DRB1*15:02 STVFPPTSFGPLVRKIF STVFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 2417 392
HLA-DRB1*15:02 VFPPTSFGPLVRKIF VFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 1702 312
HLA-DRB1*15:02 LFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRK LFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRK 2483 464
HLA-DRB1*15:02 TVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFV TVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFV 2217 429
HLA-DRB1*15:02 FSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVD FSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVD 1680 360
HLA-DRB1*15:02 STVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDG STVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDG 1794 396
HLA-DRB1*15:02 LFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIF LFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 2232 497
HLA-DRB1*15:02 LFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFV LFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFV 1344 334
HLA-DRB1*15:02 VLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKI VLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKI 1946 497
HLA-DRB1*15:02 FPPTSFGPLVRKIFV FPLTSFGPLVRKIFV 1770 453
HLA-DRB1*15:02 VLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVR VLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVR 1703 471
HLA-DRB1*15:02 NVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRK NVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRK 1672 489
HLA-DRB1*15:02 VLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKIF VLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKIF 1039 304
HLA-DRB1*15:02 TVFPPTSFGPLVRKIFVDGV TVFPLTSFGPLVRKIFVDGV 1430 426
HLA-DRB1*15:02 NVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRKI NVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRKI 968 301
HLA-DRB1*15:02 HCANFNVLFSTVFPPTS HCANFNVLFSTVFPLTS 707 261
HLA-DRB1*15:02 CANFNVLFSTVFPPTS CANFNVLFSTVFPLTS 742 274
HLA-DRB1*15:02 NVLFSTVFPPTSFGP NVLFSTVFPLTSFGP 799 296
HLA-DRB1*15:02 CANFNVLFSTVFPPT CANFNVLFSTVFPLT 427 161
HLA-DRB1*15:02 HCANFNVLFSTVFPP HCANFNVLFSTVFPL 646 244
HLA-DRB1*15:02 ANFNVLFSTVFPPTS ANFNVLFSTVFPLTS 325 126
HLA-DRB1*15:02 FNVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVRK FNVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVRK 796 309
HLA-DRB1*15:02 NFNVLFSTVFPPTSF NFNVLFSTVFPLTSF 328 128
HLA-DRB1*15:02 FNVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVR FNVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVR 1261 499
HLA-DRB1*15:02 NFNVLFSTVFPPTSFG NFNVLFSTVFPLTSFG 715 296
HLA-DRB1*15:02 NFNVLFSTVFPPTSFGP NFNVLFSTVFPLTSFGP 708 299
HLA-DRB1*15:02 HCANFNVLFSTVFPPT HCANFNVLFSTVFPLT 809 345
HLA-DRB1*15:02 LHCANFNVLFSTVFPPT LHCANFNVLFSTVFPLT 729 311
HLA-DRB1*15:02 CANFNVLFSTVFPPTSF CANFNVLFSTVFPLTSF 585 250
HLA-DRB1*15:02 LHCANFNVLFSTVFPP LHCANFNVLFSTVFPL 1052 453
HLA-DRB1*15:02 NFNVLFSTVFPPTSFGPLVR NFNVLFSTVFPLTSFGPLVR 653 283
HLA-DRB1*15:02 FNVLFSTVFPPTSFG FNVLFSTVFPLTSFG 481 212
HLA-DRB1*15:02 ANFNVLFSTVFPPTSFG ANFNVLFSTVFPLTSFG 576 264
HLA-DRB1*15:02 ANFNVLFSTVFPPTSF ANFNVLFSTVFPLTSF 558 258
HLA-DRB1*15:02 FNVLFSTVFPPTSFGP FNVLFSTVFPLTSFGP 1029 478
HLA-DRB1*15:02 FNVLFSTVFPPTSFGPL FNVLFSTVFPLTSFGPL 944 439

NSP13 protein

D260Y

Reference  LSAPTLVPQEHYVRITGLYPTLNISDEFSSNVANYQKVGMQKYSTLQGPPG
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Mutated    LSAPTLVPQEHYVRITGLYPTLNISYEFSSNVANYQKVGMQKYSTLQGPPG

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Allele Reference peptide Mutated peptide Reference affinity (IC50, nM) Mutated affinity (IC50, nM)
HLA-DRB1*15:02 TLNISDEFSSNVANY TLNISYEFSSNVANY 3200 280
HLA-DRB1*15:02 PTLNISDEFSSNVANY PTLNISYEFSSNVANY 5000 474
HLA-DRB1*15:02 TGLYPTLNISDEFSSNVANY TGLYPTLNISYEFSSNVANY 2004 214
HLA-DRB1*15:02 PTLNISDEFSSNVAN PTLNISYEFSSNVAN 3655 413
HLA-DRB1*15:02 PTLNISDEFSSNVANYQ PTLNISYEFSSNVANYQ 3641 476
HLA-DRB1*15:02 GLYPTLNISDEFSSNVANYQ GLYPTLNISYEFSSNVANYQ 1552 205
HLA-DRB1*15:02 LNISDEFSSNVANYQ LNISYEFSSNVANYQ 2342 311
HLA-DRB1*15:02 TLNISDEFSSNVANYQ TLNISYEFSSNVANYQ 2981 422
HLA-DRB1*15:02 ITGLYPTLNISDEFSSNVAN ITGLYPTLNISYEFSSNVAN 1754 249
HLA-DRB1*15:02 LYPTLNISDEFSSNVANYQK LYPTLNISYEFSSNVANYQK 1339 197
HLA-DRB1*15:02 TLNISDEFSSNVANYQK TLNISYEFSSNVANYQK 2862 442
HLA-DRB1*15:02 YPTLNISDEFSSNVANYQK YPTLNISYEFSSNVANYQK 2768 452
HLA-DRB1*15:02 LNISDEFSSNVANYQK LNISYEFSSNVANYQK 2291 425
HLA-DRB1*15:02 YPTLNISDEFSSNVANYQKV YPTLNISYEFSSNVANYQKV 984 185
HLA-DRB1*15:02 PTLNISDEFSSNVANYQKVG PTLNISYEFSSNVANYQKVG 1061 201
HLA-DRB1*15:02 RITGLYPTLNISDEFSSNVA RITGLYPTLNISYEFSSNVA 1346 261
HLA-DRB1*15:02 NISDEFSSNVANYQK NISYEFSSNVANYQK 1839 374
HLA-DRB1*15:02 PTLNISDEFSSNVANYQKV PTLNISYEFSSNVANYQKV 1982 413
HLA-DRB1*15:02 TLNISDEFSSNVANYQKVG TLNISYEFSSNVANYQKVG 2068 457
HLA-DRB1*15:02 TLNISDEFSSNVANYQKVGM TLNISYEFSSNVANYQKVGM 957 219
HLA-DRB1*15:02 LNISDEFSSNVANYQKV LNISYEFSSNVANYQKV 1979 487
HLA-DRB1*15:02 ITGLYPTLNISDEFS ITGLYPTLNISYEFS 1589 406
HLA-DRB1*15:02 LNISDEFSSNVANYQKVGMQ LNISYEFSSNVANYQKVGMQ 983 279
HLA-DRB1*15:02 VRITGLYPTLNISDEFSSNV VRITGLYPTLNISYEFSSNV 942 283
HLA-DRB1*15:02 NISDEFSSNVANYQKV NISYEFSSNVANYQKV 1533 481
HLA-DRB1*15:02 RITGLYPTLNISDEF RITGLYPTLNISYEF 1104 350
HLA-DRB1*15:02 ISDEFSSNVANYQKV ISYEFSSNVANYQKV 1153 427
HLA-DRB1*15:02 NISDEFSSNVANYQKVGMQK NISYEFSSNVANYQKVGMQK 966 364
HLA-DRB1*15:02 YVRITGLYPTLNISDEFSSN YVRITGLYPTLNISYEFSSN 686 288
HLA-DRB1*15:02 VRITGLYPTLNISDE VRITGLYPTLNISYE 770 331
HLA-DRB1*15:02 YVRITGLYPTLNISDEF YVRITGLYPTLNISYEF 961 468
HLA-DRB1*15:02 HYVRITGLYPTLNISDEFSS HYVRITGLYPTLNISYEFSS 519 254
HLA-DRB1*15:02 HYVRITGLYPTLNISDEFS HYVRITGLYPTLNISYEFS 943 471