N501Y

Translingual Etymology mul N 501 Y. Noun mul noun mul biochemistry A en mutation of a en protein (and its corresponding en gene) at en amino acid location 501, where the original en asparagine mul N has been replaced with en tyrosine mul Y mul COVID-19 The en spike protein mutation so produced, on mul SARS-CoV-2. mul COVID-19 informal by extension A viral strain which contains the N501Y mutation; a viral strain which has mul Y501. Coordinate terms COVID-19 mul B.1.1.7<t:UK variant> B.1.351<t:South African variant> B.1.1.248<t:Brazil variant> D614G<t:mutation> E484K<t:mutation> Derived terms mul 20B/501Y.V1 20C/501Y.V2 501Y.V1 501Y.V2 501.V1 501.V2 Related terms mul biochemistry N501 Y501 Further reading COVID-19 English en