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. 2022 Mar 9;17(3):e0261045. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261045

Table 2. Individual SARS-CoV-2 spike mutations for which data are available in CoV-RDB.

Mutations References Results
Receptor-binding domain (RBD)
E484K 45 832
N501Y 37 954
K417N 27 667
L452R 22 383
N439K 21 299
S477N 21 340
Y453F 17 291
F490S 15 149
E484Q 15 224
G446V 15 147
A475V 12 186
N440K 9 192
T478K 9 128
Other mutations 43 6658
N-terminal domain (NTD)
Δ69/70 13 308
Δ242 6 172
L18F 7 136
D215G 4 126
R246I 4 116
D80A 3 114
Δ144 4 113
Other mutations 23 856
C-terminal domain of S1 (CTD)
P681H 8 130
A570D 4 88
P681R 2 29
H655Y 3 32
Other mutations 6 148
S2
A701V 3 113
S982A 4 93
D1118H 4 88
T716I 4 87
D936Y 3 60
Other mutations 14 688

The most commonly studied mutation combinations that are not VOCs or VOIs included K417N+E484K+N501Y (n = 25 studies; 975 results), E484K+N501Y (n = 5 studies; 189 results), Δ69/70+N501Y (n = 8 studies; 158 results), Δ69/70+Y453F (n = 3 studies; 77 results), L452R+E484Q+P681R (n = 3 studies; 55 results) K417N+N501Y (n = 2 studies; 75 results), K417N+E484K (n = 2 studies; 75 results), and L452R+E484Q (n = 8 studies; 129 results).