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. 2021 Jul 15;12:698365. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.698365

TABLE 1.

Mutation sites destabilizing SARS-CoV-2 RBD binding to neutralizing antibodies.

Destabilizing mutations on SARS-CoV-2 RBD

R403 K417 G447 N448 Y449 N450 L452 Y453 L455c* F456c E484c* G485c F486c C488 Y489 F490c* P491 L492 Q493 S494 Y495 G496
H11-D4 (nanobody)
VH1-2-15(nanobody)
SR4 (sybody)
MR17 (sybody)
P2B-2F6 (Fab)

Identified variants

aUnited Kingdom (Nigeria); B.1.525 E484K
aUnited Kingdom B.1.1.7 E484K S494P N501Y
aUnited States (New York); B.1.526 E484K
aUnited States (California) B.1.427, B.1.429 L452R
aUnited States (New York); B.1.526.1 L452R
aIndia B.1.617, B.1.617.1 B.1.617.2, B.1.617.3 L452R E484Q
aBrazil, P.1 K417N E484K N501Y
aBrazil, P.2 E484K
aSouth Africa, B.1.351 K417N E484K N501Y
aJapan, P.1 K417T E484K N501Y
bPeru, C.37 L452R F490S N501Y

*Hotspots.

aU.S. Department of Health and Human Services (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/variant-surveillance/variant-info.html).

bEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/covid-19/variants-concern).

cMutations at other structurally adjacent sites in the RBD’s receptor-binding ridge can also have substantial antigenic effects.

The bold values are residue number in SARS-COV-2 RBD.