Y501

Translingual

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Alternative forms

501Y

Etymology

Y + 501.

Noun

Y501

(biochemistry) A position, 501, on a protein (and its corresponding coding location on the respective gene) having the amino acid tyrosine (“Y”).
1. (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.

Coordinate terms

(COVID-19):

B.1.1.7 (“UK variant”)
B.1.351 (“South African variant”)
B.1.1.248 (“Brazil variant”)
N501
E484
K484
D614
G614

Derived terms

20B/501Y.V1
20C/501Y.V2
501.V1
501.V2
501Y.V1
501Y.V2

Related terms

biochemistry

N501Y (a mutation of N501 resulting in Y501)

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