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Table 6 Top 20 identified global SARS-CoV-2 spike protein mutations

From: Monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19 therapy and SARS-CoV-2 detection

Mutant amino acid position

Domain of S protein

Number of sequences detected

Percentage in total cases (%)

Latest month increased (2021/10/22-11/22)

D614G

S1 CTD

4,389,691

96.47

5.0

L452R

RBM

2,370,119

52.09

9.6

P681R

S1 CTD

2,330,791

51.22

9.9

T478K

RBM

2,315,734

50.89

9.9

T19R

S1 NTD

2,311,542

50.80

9.9

D950N

S2

2,230,596

49.02

10.1

EFR156G

S1 NTD

2,178,419

47.87

10.3

G142D

S1 NTD

1,443,479

31.72

13.7

N501Y

RBM

1,103,940

24.26

0.0

P681H

S1 CTD

1,038,019

22.81

0.0

HV69-

S1 NTD

980,548

21.55

0.0

T716I

S2

978,901

21.51

0.0

A570D

S1 CTD

972,330

21.37

0.0

S982A

S2

971,209

21.34

0.0

T95I

S1 NTD

970,839

21.33

0.0

D1118H

S2

970,596

21.33

1.0

Y144-

S1 NTD

960,965

21.12

13.3

A222V

S1 NTD

395,936

8.70

6.5

E484K

RBM

192,337

4.23

0.0

L18F

S1 NTD

190,391

4.18

0.5

  1. S1 S1 subdomain, NTD N-terminal domain, RBD receptor-binding domain, RBM receptor-binding motif, CTD C-terminal domain, S2 subdomain 2. The data for 4,450,473 sequences from the COVID-19 started to November 22, 2021 were collected from GISAID and COVID CG