Y501
Translingual
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editY + 501.
Noun
editY501
- (biochemistry) A position, 501, on a protein (and its corresponding coding location on the respective gene) having the amino acid tyrosine (“Y”).
- (COVID-19) A location (501) on the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 which has Y (“tyrosine”).
- (COVID-19, informal, by extension, neologism) A viral strain which contains the Y501 amino acid specification.
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Derived terms
editRelated terms
editbiochemistry
- N501Y (a mutation of N501 resulting in Y501)