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. 2017 Jan 23;162(5):1237–1250. doi: 10.1007/s00705-016-3208-x

Table 5.

Comparison of functional motifs in the spike (S), envelope (E) and membrane (M) proteins

S E M
Proteolytic cleavage site ER retention signal Variable amino acid residue in ectodomain
S1/S2 S2’(fusion peptide) 5 6 11 12 13 16 17
KM91 534RRFRR/Sa539 688 PSGR/Sa692 103RHGKLHSb109 G E S T Q A E
QIA-03342 536HRRRR/S541 690 PSGR/S694 -c - N - E V Q
QIA-KR/D79/05 D - - - - - -
QIA-Q43/06 534RRFRR/Sa539 688 PRRR/Sa692 - - N - E V Q
SNU9106 536RRFRR/S541 690 PSGR/S694 - - - - - - -
SNU10043 - - - - - - -
YX10 536HRRRR/S541 690 PRGR/S694 103RDKLHP108 E .d D S E I L
SNU8065 E . D S E I L
SNU11045 E . D S E I L

aThe different location numbers of KM91 and QIA-Q43/06 are due to the 24G and 25N deletion

bThe different location number is due to an insertion at 105G

cSame amino acid sequence as KM91

dNon-comparable amino acid residue due to 6E insertion