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Genomic characterization of a novel SARS-CoV-2.

Rozhgar A Khailany1, Muhamad Safdar2, Mehmet Ozaslan3.   

Abstract

A new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) associated with human to human transmission and extreme human sickness has been as of late announced from the city of Wuhan in China. Our objectives were to mutation analysis between recently reported genomes at various times and locations and to characterize the genomic structure of SARS-CoV-2 using bioinformatics programs. Information on the variation of viruses is of considerable medical and biological impacts on the prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of infectious diseases. To understand the genomic structure and variations of the SARS-CoV-2. The study analyzed 95 SARS-CoV-2 complete genome sequences available in GenBank, National MicrobiologyData Center (NMDC) and NGDC Genome Warehouse from December-2019 until 05 of April-2020. The genomic signature analysis demonstrates that a strong association between the time of sample collection, location of sample and accumulation of genetic diversity. We found 116 mutations, the three most common mutations were 8782C>T in ORF1ab gene, 28144T>C in ORF8 gene and 29095C>T in the N gene. The mutations might affect the severity and spread of the SARS-CoV-2. The finding heavily supports an intense requirement for additional prompt, inclusive investigations that combine genomic detail, epidemiological information and graph records of the clinical features of patients with COVID-19.
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Keywords:  BLAST, Basic Local Alignment Search Tool; CDC, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention; COVID-19; COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019; EMBOSS, The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite; Genomic characterization; MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome; Mutation; NCBI, National Center for Biotechnology Information; NGDC, National Genomics Data Center; NMDC, National Microbiology Data Center; NSP, nonstructural protein; ORF, Open Reading Frame; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; UTR, Untranslated region; WHO, World Health Organization

Year:  2020        PMID: 32300673      PMCID: PMC7161481          DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2020.100682

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Gene Rep        ISSN: 2452-0144


Introduction

The current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that was first reported from Wuhan, China, in December 2019. This epidemic had spread to 206 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances with 1,203,459 confirmed cases, including 64,754 deaths, as of April 05, 2020, so the World Health Organization declared it as a Public Health Emergency of worldwide (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/). Similarly, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) had become a worldwide health concern. MERS-CoV originally reported in 2012 (De Wit et al., 2016). It affected more than 2000 people in 27 countries and 4 sub-continents in the Middle East. While the epidemic of SARS affected 26 countries and resulted in more than 8000 cases in 2003 (De Wit et al., 2016). Since then, a small number of cases have occurred as a result of laboratory accidents or, possibly, through animal-to-human transmission (Guangdong, China) (De Wit et al., 2016). This study analyzed and discussed available published genome until April 05, 2020, for a better understanding of the genomic variation and characterization of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This virus is transmitted from person to person via droplet transmission (Li et al., 2020; Ozaslan et al., 2020). Therefore, the virus is spreading easily in overcrowded areas. Most patients experience only mild to moderate symptoms, such as high body temperature in conjunction with some respiratory symptoms such as cough, sore throat, and headache. Some people may have severe symptoms like pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (Chen et al., 2020). Also, individuals with underlying complications such as heart disease, chronic lung disease, or diabetes potentially display more severe symptoms (Adhikari et al., 2020). Preventive measures such as masks, frequent hand washing, staying home when sick, avoid public contact, and quarantines are being recommended for reducing the transmission. To date, no specific antiviral treatment is proven effective, hence, infected people initially rely on symptomatic treatments that showed encouraging profile for blocking the new coronavirus in early clinical trials. Importantly, the genome size of the SARS-CoV-2 varies from 29.8 kb to 29.9 kb and its genome structure followed the specific gene characteristics to known CoVs; the 5′ more than two-thirds of the genome comprises orf1ab encoding orf1abpolyproteins, while the 3′ one third consists of genes encoding structural proteins including surface (S), envelope (E), membrane (M), and nucleocapsid N proteins (Fig. 1 ). Additionally, the SARS-CoV-2 contains 6 accessory proteins, encoded by ORF3a, ORF6, ORF7a, ORF7b, and ORF8 genes (Fig. 1) (Li et al., 2005; Oostra et al., 2007).
Fig. 1

Structure of the SARS-CoV-2 genome.

Structure of the SARS-CoV-2 genome. Recently, the development of high-throughput sequencing has provided datasets of high-quality, complete genome sequences for viral isolates collected in a relatively unbiased manner, regardless of virulence or other unusual characteristics. Analyses of the genome sequence data combined with large-scale antigenic typing have given insights into the pattern of global spread, the genetic diversity during seasonal epidemics, and the dynamics of subtype evolution. SARS-CoV-2 such as the NCBI Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 database (http://www.nhc.gov.cn/jkj/s7915/202001/e4e2d5e6f01147e0a8df3f6701d49f33.shtml) and NGDC Genome Warehouse (bigd.big.ac.cn/gwh/) make the genomic information publicly available, together with epidemiological data for the sequenced isolates. The data sharing requires users to agree to collaborate with, and appropriately credit, all data contributors. A notable success of this initiative has been the contribution of countries, such as China, Philippines, and Japan, etc. which have previously been reticent about placing data in the public domain. The WHO also supports the endeavor of rapid publication of all available sequences for coronaviruses and there is hope that comprehensive submission to public databases will soon become a reality. The finding heavily supports an intense requirement for additional prompt, inclusive investigations that combine genomic detail, epidemiological information and graph records of the clinical features of patients with COVID-19 (Payne et al., 2018). In the future, mining these resources and establishing a statistical framework based on epidemiological, antigenic, and genetic information could provide further insights into the rules that govern the emergence and establishment of antigenically novel variants and improve the potential for SARS-CoV-2 prevention and control (Ge et al., 2013; Yang et al., 2015). In this study, we investigated the extent of molecular variation between the recently sequenced genomes of SARS-CoV-2.

Methodology

We have downloaded 94 publicly available genomes from Genbank up to 12 March. Among 94 genomes, some of the genomes were not used for the analysis due to unusually high variants with gaps. NC_045512 genome sequence was used for reference and the genomic coordinate in this study is based on this reference genome (Lu et al., 2020). Therefore, genomic coordinates must be adjusted to compare with previous studies (Koyama et al., 2020) Each genome was first aligned to NC_045512 using the EMBOSS needle with a default gap penalty of 10 and an extension penalty of 0.5. Then, differences in comparison with NC_045512 were extracted to create variants (Table 1, Table 2 ) (Rice et al., 2000). Based on protein annotations, nucleotide level variants were converted into amino acid codon variants for alignments when its location within a gene was identified (Arvestad, 2018). Nucleotide mutations in the genomes were revealed.
Table 1

Coding mutation list detected in SARS-CoV-2 genomes.

AccessionLocation-dateNucleotide variationGeneAmino acid changeMutation type
MT24047904-03-2020/PakistanGilgit1 1497G>AOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MN99652730/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan21316G>AOrf1abD7018NMissense
MN99652730/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan24292A>GSSynonymous mutation
LC52823210/Feb/2020-Japan11083T>GOrf1abL3606FMissense
LC52823210/Feb/2020-Japan29642C>TORF10Synonymous mutation
LR75799505/Jan/2020-ChinaWuhan28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
LR75799812/26/2019-ChinaWuhan6968C>AOrf1abL2235IMissense
LR75799812/26/2019-ChinaWuhan11749T>AOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MN9383841/10/2020-ChinaShenzhen8782C>TOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MN9383841/10/2020-ChinaShenzhen28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
MN9383841/10/2020-ChinaShenzhen29095C>TNSynonymous mutation
MN97526211/Jan/2020-China8782C>TOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MN97526211/Jan/2020-China9534C>TOrf1abT3090IMissense
MN97526211/Jan/2020-China29095C>TNSynonymous mutation
MN97526211/Jan/2020-China28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
MN97526211/Jan/2020-China8782C>TOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MN98532519/Jan/2020-USAWA28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
MN99446723/Jan/2020-USACA1548G>AOrf1abS428NMissense
MN99446723/Jan/2020-USACA8782C>TOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MN99446723/Jan/2020-USACA26729T>CMSynonymous mutation
MN99446723/Jan/2020-USACA28077G>CORF8V62LMissense
MN99446723/Jan/2020-USACA28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
MN99446723/Jan/2020-USACA28792A>CNSynonymous mutation
MN99446723/Jan/2020-USACA1912C>TOrf1abSynonymous mutation
GWHABKF0000000123/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan3778A>GOrf1abSynonymous mutation
GWHABKF0000000123/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan8388A>GOrf1abN2708SMissense
GWHABKF0000000123/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan8987T>AOrf1abF2908IMissense
GWHABKK0000000130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan24325A>GSSynonymous mutation
GWHABKK0000000130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan21316G>AOrf1abD7018NMissense
GWHABKH0000000130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan6996T>COrf1abI2244TMissense
GWHABKJ0000000101/Jan/2019-ChinaWuhan7866G>TOrf1abG2534VMissense
GWHABKM0000000130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan21137A>GOrf1abK6958RMissense
GWHABKM0000000130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan7016G>AOrf1abG2251SMissense
GWHABKO0000000130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan8001A>COrf1abD2579AMissense
GWHABKO0000000130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan9534C>TOrf1abT3090IMissense
MT18834105/Mar/2020-USAMN6035A>GOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MT18834105/Mar/2020-USAMN8782C>TOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MT18834105/Mar/2020-USAMN16467A>GOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MT18834105/Mar/2020-USAMN18060C>TOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MT18834105/Mar/2020-USAMN21386insTOrf1abInsertion
MT18834105/Mar/2020-USAMN21388-21390insTTOrf1abInsertion
MT18834105/Mar/2020-USAMN23185C>TSSynonymous mutation
MT18834105/Mar/2020-USAMN28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
MT18833909/Mar/2020-USAMN8782C>TOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MT18833909/Mar/2020-USAMN17423A>GOrf1abY5720CMissense
MT18833909/Mar/2020-USAMN18060C>TOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MT18833909/Mar/2020-USAMN21386C>TOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MT18833909/Mar/2020-USAMN22432C>TSSynonymous mutation
MT18833909/Mar/2020-USAMN28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
MT12121502/Feb/2020-ChinaShanghai6031C>TOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MT12329005/Feb/2020-ChinaGuangzhou15597T>COrf1abSynonymous mutation
MT12329005/Feb/2020-ChinaGuangzhou29095C>TNSynonymous mutation
MT1268082/28/2020-Brazil26144G>TORF3aG251VMissense
MT06617531/Jan/2020-Taiwan8782C>TOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MT06617531/Jan/2020-Taiwan28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
MT09357107/Feb/2020-Sweden13225C>GOrf1abSynonymous mutation
MT09357107/Feb/2020-Sweden13226T>COrf1abSynonymous mutation
MT09357107/Feb/2020-Sweden17423A>GOrf1abY5720CMissense
MT09357107/Feb/2020-Sweden23952T>GSSynonymous mutation
MT06615630/Jan/2020-Italy11083T>GOrf1abL3606FMissense
MT06615630/Jan/2020-Italy26144G>TORF3aG251VMissense
LC52297520/JAN/2020-JAPAN8782C>TOrf1abSynonymous mutation
LC52297520/JAN/2020-JAPAN29095C>TNSynonymous mutation
LC52297520/JAN/2020-JAPAN28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
LC52297520/JAN/2020-JAPAN2662C>TORF1abSynonymous mutation
LC52297420/JAN/2020-JAPAN8782C>TORF1abSynonymous mutation
LC52297420/JAN/2020-JAPAN29095C>TNSynonymous mutation
LC52297420/JAN/2020-JAPAN28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
LC52297420/JAN/2020-JAPAN2662C>TORF1abSynonymous mutation
LC52297320/JAN/2020-JAPAN8782C>TORF1abSynonymous mutation
LC52297320/JAN/2020-JAPAN29095C>TNSynonymous mutation
LC52297320/JAN/2020-JAPAN3792C>TORF1abA1176VMissense
LC52297320/JAN/2020-JAPAN29095C>TNSynonymous mutation
LC52297320/JAN/2020-JAPAN2662C>TORF1abSynonymous mutation
LC52297320/JAN/2020-JAPAN28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
LC52297220/JAN/2020-JAPAN29303C>TNP344SMissense
LC52297220/JAN/2020-JAPAN25810C>GORF3aL140VMissense
LC52297220/JAN/2020-JAPAN11557G>TORF1abE3764DMissense
LC52297220/JAN/2020-JAPAN15324C>TORF1abSynonymous mutation
LC52192521/JAN/2020-JAPAN1912C>TORF1abSynonymous mutation
LC52192521/JAN/2020-JAPAN18512C>TORF1abP6083LMissense
LC52192521/JAN/2020-JAPAN359_382delORF1abG32_L39delDeletion
MN98871321/JAN/2020-USAChicago24034C>TSSynonymous mutation
MN98871321/JAN/2020-USAChicago26729T>CMSynonymous mutation
MN98871321/JAN/2020-USAChicago8782C>TORF1abSynonymous mutation
MN98871321/JAN/2020-USAChicago490T>AORF1abD75EMissense
MN98871321/JAN/2020-USAChicago3177C>TORF1abP971LMissense
MN98871321/JAN/2020-USAChicago28854C>TNS194LMissense
MN98871321/JAN/2020-USAChicago28077G>CORF8V62LMissense
MN98871321/JAN/2020-USAChicago28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
MN99740921/JAN/2020-USAArizona8782C>TORF1abSynonymous mutation
MN99740921/JAN/2020-USAArizona29095C>TNSynonymous mutation
MN99740921/JAN/2020-USAArizona11083G>TORF1abL3606FMissense
MN99740921/JAN/2020-USAArizona28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
MT07268826/JAN/2020-USA: Massachussetts24034C>TSSynonymous mutation
NMDC60013002-0901/JAN/2019-ChinaWuhan27493C>TORF7aP34SMissense
NMDC60013002-0901/JAN/2019-ChinaWuhan28253C>TORF8Synonymous mutation
NMDC60013002-1030/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan20679G>AORF1abSynonymous mutation
NMDC60013002-0130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan11764T>AORF1abN3833KMissense
NMDC60013002-0630/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan24325A>GSSynonymous mutation
NMDC60013002-0405/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan28144T>CORF8L84SMissense
Table 2

Non-coding mutation list detected in SARS-CoV-2 genomes.

AccessionLocation-dateNucleotide variationUTR type
MT24047904-03-2020/PakistanGilgit241C>T5 UTR
MT12329005/Feb/2020-ChinaGuangzhou4A>T5 UTR
MT00754425/Jan/2020-AustraliaVictoria29749-29759del3 UTR
NMDC60013002-0707/JAN/2019-ChinaWuhan29869del3 UTR
NMDC60013002-0405/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan29856T>A3 UTR
NMDC60013002-0405/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan29854C>T3 UTR
NMDC60013002-0405/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan16C>T5 UTR
MT04995117/Jan/2019-ChinaYunnan75C>A5 UTR
LC52297520/JAN/2020-JAPAN29705G>T3 UTR
GWHABKG0000000130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan124G>A5 UTR
GWHABKG0000000130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan120T>C5 UTR
GWHABKG0000000130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan119C>G5 UTR
GWHABKG0000000130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan112T>G5 UTR
GWHABKG0000000130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan111T>C5 UTR
GWHABKG0000000130/Dec/2019-ChinaWuhan104T>A5 UTR
Coding mutation list detected in SARS-CoV-2 genomes. Non-coding mutation list detected in SARS-CoV-2 genomes.

Results

A hundred fifty-six total variants were found and 116 unique variants as shown in Table 1, Table 2. Among the 95 genomes we analyzed, 24 samples did not exhibit any variants except for missing starts and end base pairs. The distinct variants consist of 46 missense, 52 synonymous, 2 insertion, 1 deletion and 14 non-coding alleles in Fig. 1. The most common variants were 8782C>T(ORF1ab) in 13 samples, 28144T>C (ORF8) in 14 samples and 29095C>T (N) in 8samples. The occurrences of 8782C>T and 28144T>C coincide. 29095C>T is found in the subset of them. Both 8782C>T and 29095C>T are synonymous; however, 28144T>C causes amino acid to change L84S in ORF8. Notably, most of 8782C>T and 28144T>Cvariant substrains are found outside of Wuhan. For the 46 missense variants, 24 variants are found in ORF1ab, which is the longest ORF occupying 2/3 of the entire genome. ORF1ab is cleaved into many nonstructural proteins (NSP1-NSP16). Among NSP's, NSP3 has more variants in the analyzed samples. All noncoding mutations are located in 5′ UTR or 3′ UTR regions. In terms of base changes, the most frequently observed one is C>T as shown in Table 1, Table 2.

Discussion

The genetic information of any life is protected in its genome, and annotation is the initial step to interpret the sequence. The length of the SARS-CoV genome is over 30 Kb, while just a few coding genes appear not to accord with the general properties for the viral genome and the minimum grouping of hereditary data. In addition to these, it may have some non-structural proteins but lacking data at one place is needed. The absence probably results from their short existing-time before decomposition. In this study, we worked to find the extent of molecular variation between the recently sequenced genomes of SARS-CoV-2. Numerous investigations have depicted that ORFs and ACE2 genes play a key role during novel coronavirus disease (Koyama et al., 2020; Kirchdoerfer and Ward, 2019; Van der Meer et al., 1998; Wan et al., 2020). So in our study, 156 total variants were found and 116 unique variants (Table 1, Table 2). Among the 95 genomes we analyzed, 24 samples did not exhibit any variants except for missing starts and end base pairs. Additionally, the distinct variants consist of 46 missense, 52 synonymous, 2 insertions, 1 deletion, 14 non-coding alleles (Table 1, Table 2). Most common variants were 8782C>T(ORF1ab) in 13 samples, 28144T>C (ORF8) in 14 samples and 29095C>T (N) in 8 samples.The occurrences of 8782C>T and 28144T>C coincide. 29095C>T is found in the subset of them. Both 8782C>T and 29095C>T are synonymous; however, 28144T>C causes amino acid to change L84S in ORF8. It is notable that most of 8782C>T and 28144T>C variant substrains are found outside of Wuhan. For the 46 missense variants, 24 variants are found in ORF1ab, which is the longest ORF occupying 2/3 of the entire genome. ORF1ab is cleaved into many nonstructural proteins (NSP1-NSP16). Among NSP's, NSP3 has more variants in the analyzed samples. All noncoding mutations are located in 3′UTR or 5′UTR. In terms of base changes, the most frequently observed one is C>T (Table 1, Table 2). The replicase enzyme is displayed as two polyproteins (ORF1a and ORF1ab), which are prepared into 12 nonstructural proteins by three viral proteases (Van der Meer et al., 1998). This ORF1ab polyprotein includes the nsps 1–3 proteins. This area of ORF1ab is the most important factor among coronaviruses (Wan et al., 2020). Many researchers found the relationship between ORFs with COVID-19 i.e.8782C>T(ORF1ab) and 28144T>C (ORF8) are available among genomic databases (Kirchdoerfer and Ward, 2019; Koyama et al., 2020). Hence, it will be clinically significant to break down the biological function of the particular protein ORF1ab in SARS-CoV-2. Orf8 protein of SARS-CoV-2 doesn't contain a known useful motif or region. A total motif VLVVL (amino corrosive 75–79) has been found in SARS-CoV orf8b which was appeared to trigger intracellular stress pathways and enact NOD-like receptor family pyrin region containing-3 (NLRP3) (Shi et al., 2019). Moreover, multiple arrangements with different coronavirus ORF8 sequences propose that L84 related to 28144T>C (L84S) isn't preserved (Koyama et al., 2020). Thusly, it will be critical to examine the biological function of the particular protein (orf8) in SARS-CoV-2. ORF10 is a short protein or peptide of length 38 deposits. Koyama et al. depicted that COVID-19 is ORF10 which doesn't have any comparative proteins in the NCBI repository. This one of a kind protein can be used to distinguish the infection more rapidly than PCR based strategies (Koyama et al., 2020), but the further characterization of this protein is strongly required. Another study demonstrated that NCBI had displayed new annotations for orf1ab as of late. NSP6 is the main contrast and it is considered as a putative protein (Koyama et al., 2020). So, they held the NSP annotations. They further referenced that 12 remarkable variations in NSP3 protein in ORF1ab. Thus concluded that there was a basic connection between the nsp3 association and the inception of coronavirus infection (Hurst et al., 2013a). Besides, they investigated that NSP3 contains the papain-like protease and is regarded as significant for SARS infection (Niemeyer et al., 2018). Variations found in subjects began from Wuhan are situated in either TM1 or Y space which is profoundly saved (Hurst et al., 2013a, Hurst et al., 2013b). Sawicki et al. performed sequencing of ORF1 from a huge available data that was established in labs (Sawicki et al., 2005). The report distinguished single point transformations coming from nonsynonymous substitutions in nsps 4, 5, 10, 12, 14 and 16. The collective outcomes recommend that the ORF1b nsp 12, 14 and 16 proteins characterize particular cistrons, while the distorted ORF1a proteins nsps 4, 5, and 10 form a compartment together at the location of the coding sequence of ORF1ab (Graham et al., 2008). Notably, of the eight announced mutations in MHV, seven of the influenced amino acid deposits are correlated with SARS-CoV (Graham et al., 2008). This methodology may permit the determination of phenotypic travelers that will distinguish by protein interactions. Also, it will permit the progressions to be acquainted in SARS-CoV with deciding whether the ts phenotype can be reproduced in that foundation, with the chance of quickly building up a board of SARS-CoV. Curiously, not only is the slow-growth branch dominated by travelers, but the COVID-19 lineages appear to be phylogenetically related to each other, suggesting an exposure point for these individuals that are distinct from the rest of the population.

Conclusion

The fast increment of cases is giving more genomes that may give some visibility and proof of populace structure, especially of the chance of various presentations of COVID-19 into the human population. A comprehension of the biological reservoirs conveying these infections, and how the course to introduce has been carrying them into contact with human beings will be critical to comprehend future risks for novel diseases. This study showed how the disease spread among the travelers. This fight against COVID-19 will be a long one until we develop vaccines or effective treatments. However, we believe that collecting and sharing knowledge on variants will be effective. We should continue to be vigilant for the emergence of new variants or substrains and data should be gathered at one place for better understanding.

CRediT authorship contribution statement

Rozhgar A. Khailany:Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing.Muhamad Safdar:Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing.Mehmet Ozaslan:Conceptualization, Supervision, Visualization, Writing - review & editing.

Declaration of competing interest

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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1.  Whole genome analysis of more than 10 000 SARS-CoV-2 virus unveils global genetic diversity and target region of NSP6.

Authors:  Indrajit Saha; Nimisha Ghosh; Ayan Pradhan; Nikhil Sharma; Debasree Maity; Kaushik Mitra
Journal:  Brief Bioinform       Date:  2021-03-22       Impact factor: 11.622

Review 2.  Evidence and speculations: vaccines and therapeutic options for COVID-19 pandemic.

Authors:  Rabeea Siddique; Qian Bai; Muhammad Adnan Shereen; Ghulam Nabi; Guang Han; Farooq Rashid; Saeed Ahmed; Aigerim Benzhanova; Mengzhou Xue; Suliman Khan
Journal:  Hum Vaccin Immunother       Date:  2020-10-16       Impact factor: 3.452

3.  Novel Development of Predictive Feature Fingerprints to Identify Chemistry-Based Features for the Effective Drug Design of SARS-CoV-2 Target Antagonists and Inhibitors Using Machine Learning.

Authors:  Kelvin Cooper; Christopher Baddeley; Bernie French; Katherine Gibson; James Golden; Thiam Lee; Sadrach Pierre; Brent Weiss; Jason Yang
Journal:  ACS Omega       Date:  2021-02-05

4.  Inhibition of interferon-stimulated gene 15 and lysine 48-linked ubiquitin binding to the SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease by small molecules: In silico studies.

Authors:  Eleni Pitsillou; Julia Liang; Andrew Hung; Tom C Karagiannis
Journal:  Chem Phys Lett       Date:  2021-03-08       Impact factor: 2.328

Review 5.  On the Origin of SARS-CoV-2: Did Cell Culture Experiments Lead to Increased Virulence of the Progenitor Virus for Humans?

Authors:  Bernd Kaina
Journal:  In Vivo       Date:  2021-04-28       Impact factor: 2.155

Review 6.  Role of the Microbiome in the Pathogenesis of COVID-19.

Authors:  Rituparna De; Shanta Dutta
Journal:  Front Cell Infect Microbiol       Date:  2022-03-31       Impact factor: 5.293

7.  Global analysis of more than 50,000 SARS-CoV-2 genomes reveals epistasis between eight viral genes.

Authors:  Hong-Li Zeng; Vito Dichio; Edwin Rodríguez Horta; Kaisa Thorell; Erik Aurell
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  2020-11-17       Impact factor: 11.205

8.  A Quick Route to Multiple Highly Potent SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors*.

Authors:  Kai S Yang; Xinyu R Ma; Yuying Ma; Yugendar R Alugubelli; Danielle A Scott; Erol C Vatansever; Aleksandra K Drelich; Banumathi Sankaran; Zhi Z Geng; Lauren R Blankenship; Hannah E Ward; Yan J Sheng; Jason C Hsu; Kaci C Kratch; Baoyu Zhao; Hamed S Hayatshahi; Jin Liu; Pingwei Li; Carol A Fierke; Chien-Te K Tseng; Shiqing Xu; Wenshe Ray Liu
Journal:  ChemMedChem       Date:  2020-12-10       Impact factor: 3.466

9.  Novel piperazine based compounds as potential inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 Protease Enzyme: Synthesis and molecular docking study.

Authors:  Alaa Z Omar; Tawfik M Mosa; Samer K El-Sadany; Ezzat A Hamed; Mohamed El-Atawy
Journal:  J Mol Struct       Date:  2021-07-04       Impact factor: 3.196

Review 10.  SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and implications for vaccine development.

Authors:  Firzan Nainu; Rufika Shari Abidin; Muh Akbar Bahar; Andri Frediansyah; Talha Bin Emran; Ali A Rabaan; Kuldeep Dhama; Harapan Harapan
Journal:  Hum Vaccin Immunother       Date:  2020-12-01       Impact factor: 3.452

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