N501Y
Translingual
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Etymology
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- (biochemistry) A mutation of a protein (and its corresponding gene) at amino acid location 501, where the original asparagine (“N”) has been replaced with tyrosine (“Y”)
- (COVID-19) The spike protein mutation so produced, on SARS-CoV-2.
- (COVID-19, informal, by extension) A viral strain which contains the N501Y mutation; a viral strain which has Y501.
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