N501

Translingual

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Alternative forms

501N

Etymology

N + 501.

Noun

N501

(biochemistry) A position, 501, on a protein (and its corresponding coding location on the respective gene) having the amino acid asparagine (“N”).
1. (COVID-19) A location (501) on the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 which has N (“asparagine”).
(COVID-19, informal, by extension) A viral strain which contains the N501 amino acid specification.

Coordinate terms

(COVID-19):

B.1.1.7 (“UK variant”)
B.1.351 (“South African variant”)
B.1.1.248 (“Brazil variant”)
Y501
E484
K484
D614
G614

Derived terms

biochemistry

N501Y (a mutation of N501)

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