Table 4.
Percent identity matrix of major proteins and domains of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV2 strain with other beta-CoVs obtained using CLUSTAL O (1.2.4).
PROTEIN | SARS-CoV | MERS-CoV | HCoV HKU1 | HCoV OC43 |
---|---|---|---|---|
S (spike) | 97.71% | 32.79% | 30.50% | 31.26% |
E (Envelope) | 96.00% | 36.00% | 28.00% | 20.00% |
M (Membrane) | 89.59% | 39.27% | 35.29% | 38.74% |
N (Nucleocapsid) | 85.41% | 48.47% | 34.28% | 35.20% |
Receptor (ACE-2) binding domain | 74.41% | 18.75% | 24.44% | 22.83% |
N-terminal domain | 52.55% | 21.67% | 21.49% | 20.26% |