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. 2020 Apr 30;22(4):226–229. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2020.04.009

Table 1.

Analysis of the number of ssRNA fragments from the coronavirus whole genome recognized by TLR7/8.

Genome SARS-CoV MERS-CoV SARS-CoV-2/Wuhan SARS-CoV-2/Germany
Reference Sequence: NC_004718.3 NC_019843.3 EPI_ISL_402123 EPI_ISL_406862
U % (bp) 30.73 (9143) 32.94 (9799) 32.24 (9593) 32.16 (9567)
A % (bp) 28.51 (8481) 26.55 (7900) 30.08% (8949) 29.89 (8893)
C% (bp) 19.97 (5940) 20.56 (6116) 18.46 (5492) 18.39 (5471)
G % (bp) 20.80 (6187) 21.19 (6304) 19.71 (5865) 19.67 (5851)
Total nucleotides (bp) 29,751 30,119 29,899 29,782
The number of oligonucleotide fragments recognized by TLR7
Motif fully bound
UUU 603 655 708 706
(UUU)2 2 4 4 4
UUC 563 581 518 513
(UUC)2 13 14 15 15
(UUC)3 1 0 3 3
Motif moderately bound
UUA 689 791 876 873
(UUA)2 22 30 25 25
(UUA)3 3 1 0 0
aUUG 776 846 817 817
(UUG)2 24 31 22 22
(UUG)3 0 1 0 0
The number of oligonucleotide fragments recognized by TLR8∗
UG 2664 2704 2589 2586
(UG)2 199 191 175 174
(UG)3 16 16 12 12
(UG)4 3 1 1 1
(UG)5 1 0 0 0
a

UUG motifs are also recognized by TLR8.