D614G

Translingual

Noun

D614G

  1. (biochemistry) A protein mutation, at amino acid location 614, where the original D614 becomes G614 by replacing aspartic acid (“Asp”) (D) with glycine (“Gly”) (G)
  2. (virology, COVID-19, informal, by extension) A variant of SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Coronavirus carrying this mutation.
    1. (informal) The variant of SARS-CoV-2 that became dominant worldwide outside of China at the start of 2020

Synonyms
  • Asp614Gly
virus variant
  • 614G
  • 614Gly
  • G614
  • Gly614

Hypernyms
  • 614Gly, 614G (a mutation that results in a glycine at position 614)

Coordinate terms
  • 614Gly
  • Asp614
  • Asp614Gly
  • Gly614
  • 614D
  • 614G
  • D614
  • G614

(COVID-19 dominant variant):

  • D614, 614D, Asp614 (preceding dominant variant)

See also
  • E484K
  • E484Q
  • K417N
  • K417T
  • N501Y
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