Corona virus- NEW Variant T478K

New variant T478K

An analysis of more than one million SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences has led to the identification of a new variant that, over the past weeks, has been spreading mostly in Mexico but has also been found in Europe.
Biotechnologists of the University of Bologna have published their paper in the Journal of Medical Virology, describing the new variant, whose scientific name is T478K. Like other strains, this presents a mutation in the spike protein.

What is Spike Protein?

It is a protein that protrudes from the surface of a coronavirus, just like the spikes of a crown or corona hence called ‘coronavirus’.
In the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, it's the spike protein that initiates the method of infection during a human cell.
It attaches itself to a person's enzyme, called the ACE2 receptor, before happening to enter the cell and make multiple copies of itself.

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