Codon usage, phylogeny and binding energy estimation predict the evolution of SARS-CoV-2

In the frames of a One Health strategy, i.e. a strategy should be able to predict susceptibility to infection in both humans and animals, developing a SARS-CoV-2 mutation tracking system is a goal. We observed that the phylogenetic proximity of vertebrate ACE2 receptors does not affect the binding e...

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Autores principales: Matteo Calcagnile, Tiziano Verri, Maurizio Salvatore Tredici, Patricia Forgez, Marco Alifano, Pietro Alifano
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6f3ecbc29706432687c152b78247b41f2021-12-02T05:02:10ZCodon usage, phylogeny and binding energy estimation predict the evolution of SARS-CoV-22352-771410.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100352https://doaj.org/article/6f3ecbc29706432687c152b78247b41f2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771421001427https://doaj.org/toc/2352-7714In the frames of a One Health strategy, i.e. a strategy should be able to predict susceptibility to infection in both humans and animals, developing a SARS-CoV-2 mutation tracking system is a goal. We observed that the phylogenetic proximity of vertebrate ACE2 receptors does not affect the binding energy for the viral spike protein. However, all viral variants seem to bind ACE2 better in many animals than in humans. Moreover, two observations highlight that the evolution of the virus started at the beginning of 2020 and culminated with the appearance of the variants. First, codon usage analysis shows that the B.1.1.7 (alpha), B.1.351 (beta) and B.1.617.2 (delta) variants, similar in the use of codons, are also similar to a virus sampled in January 2020. Second, the host-specific D614G mutation becomes prevalent starting from March 2020. Overall, we show that SARS-CoV-2 undergoes a process of molecular evolution that begins with the optimization of codons followed by the functional optimization of the spike protein.Matteo CalcagnileTiziano VerriMaurizio Salvatore TrediciPatricia ForgezMarco AlifanoPietro AlifanoElsevierarticleACE2ACE2 phylogenyAnimal hostB.1.1.7 (alpha) SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 (Beta) SARS-CoV-2 variantB.1.617.2 (delta) SARS-CoV-2 variantCodon usageMedicine (General)R5-920ENOne Health, Vol 13, Iss , Pp 100352- (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic ACE2
ACE2 phylogeny
Animal host
B.1.1.7 (alpha) SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 (Beta) SARS-CoV-2 variant
B.1.617.2 (delta) SARS-CoV-2 variant
Codon usage
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle ACE2
ACE2 phylogeny
Animal host
B.1.1.7 (alpha) SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 (Beta) SARS-CoV-2 variant
B.1.617.2 (delta) SARS-CoV-2 variant
Codon usage
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Matteo Calcagnile
Tiziano Verri
Maurizio Salvatore Tredici
Patricia Forgez
Marco Alifano
Pietro Alifano
Codon usage, phylogeny and binding energy estimation predict the evolution of SARS-CoV-2
description In the frames of a One Health strategy, i.e. a strategy should be able to predict susceptibility to infection in both humans and animals, developing a SARS-CoV-2 mutation tracking system is a goal. We observed that the phylogenetic proximity of vertebrate ACE2 receptors does not affect the binding energy for the viral spike protein. However, all viral variants seem to bind ACE2 better in many animals than in humans. Moreover, two observations highlight that the evolution of the virus started at the beginning of 2020 and culminated with the appearance of the variants. First, codon usage analysis shows that the B.1.1.7 (alpha), B.1.351 (beta) and B.1.617.2 (delta) variants, similar in the use of codons, are also similar to a virus sampled in January 2020. Second, the host-specific D614G mutation becomes prevalent starting from March 2020. Overall, we show that SARS-CoV-2 undergoes a process of molecular evolution that begins with the optimization of codons followed by the functional optimization of the spike protein.
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author Matteo Calcagnile
Tiziano Verri
Maurizio Salvatore Tredici
Patricia Forgez
Marco Alifano
Pietro Alifano
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Tiziano Verri
Maurizio Salvatore Tredici
Patricia Forgez
Marco Alifano
Pietro Alifano
author_sort Matteo Calcagnile
title Codon usage, phylogeny and binding energy estimation predict the evolution of SARS-CoV-2
title_short Codon usage, phylogeny and binding energy estimation predict the evolution of SARS-CoV-2
title_full Codon usage, phylogeny and binding energy estimation predict the evolution of SARS-CoV-2
title_fullStr Codon usage, phylogeny and binding energy estimation predict the evolution of SARS-CoV-2
title_full_unstemmed Codon usage, phylogeny and binding energy estimation predict the evolution of SARS-CoV-2
title_sort codon usage, phylogeny and binding energy estimation predict the evolution of sars-cov-2
publisher Elsevier
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