Whole-Genome Sequences of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 obtained from Romanian patients between March and June of 2020
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Impact of mutations on the evolution of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) are needed for ongoing global efforts to track and trace the current pandemic, in order to enact effective prevention and treatment options. SARS-Co-V-2 viral genomes were detected and sequenced from 18 Romanian patients suffering from coronavirus disease-2019. Viral Spike S glycoprotein sequences were used to generate model structures and assess the role of mutations on protein stability. We integrated the phylogenetic tree within the available European SARS-Co-V-2 genomic sequences. We further provide an epidemiological overview of the pre-existing conditions that are lethal in relevant Romanian patients. Non-synonymous mutations in the viral Spike glycoprotein relating to infectivity are constructed in models of protein structures. Continuing search to limit and treat SARS-CoV-2 benefit from our contribution in delineating the viral Spike glycoprotein mutations, as well as from assessment of their role on protein stability or complex formation with human receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2. Our results help implement and extend worldwide genomic surveillance of coronavirus disease-2019.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.06.28.175802: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Spike protein sequences from our genomes were modeled using I-Tasser [7] and the quality of models of Spike S proteins was assessed with MolProbity [8]. I-Tassersuggested: (I-TASSER, RRID:SCR_014627)MolProbitysuggested: (MolProbity, RRID:SCR_014226)All molecular structures were visualized with PyMol. PyMolsuggested: (PyMOL, RRID:SCR_000305)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible …
SciScore for 10.1101/2020.06.28.175802: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Spike protein sequences from our genomes were modeled using I-Tasser [7] and the quality of models of Spike S proteins was assessed with MolProbity [8]. I-Tassersuggested: (I-TASSER, RRID:SCR_014627)MolProbitysuggested: (MolProbity, RRID:SCR_014226)All molecular structures were visualized with PyMol. PyMolsuggested: (PyMOL, RRID:SCR_000305)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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