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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.1026 [SLACK_001240] · slack_pm:msg:10719

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Date
2021-11-24 08:46
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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Yup - almost looks step-wise.

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  1. 2021-11-24 08:42 Andrew Rambaut open
    I assume you say it cutie-cutie?
  2. 2021-11-24 08:42 Kristian G. Andersen open
    I had missed that previously, but that's actually kinda interesting - because: [shared file(s): furin_aa_nov21.png]
  3. 2021-11-24 08:43 Kristian G. Andersen open
    For the non-SC2 viruses they _either_ have QTQT _or_ the indel - but not both. SC2 has both.
  4. 2021-11-24 08:45 Andrew Rambaut open
    The RmYN02-like are quite distant to SC2 in this bit of the genome. Is it not more interesting that RaTG13/BANAL-20-52-like viruses acquired the QTQT motif?
  5. 2021-11-24 08:46 Kristian G. Andersen
    Yup - almost looks step-wise.
  6. 2021-11-24 08:46 Robert F. Garry open
    Indeed - that's always puzzled me.
  7. 2021-11-24 08:48 Andrew Rambaut open
    What would it do without the PRRA insert?
  8. 2021-11-24 08:48 Robert F. Garry open
    I've think that the enzymes that do the cleavage at R/S also probably benefit by having a "landing pad."
  9. 2021-11-24 08:50 Andrew Rambaut open
    So if you were going to pick a virus from amongst your large bank of samples in which to try popping a FCS insertion you would pick out one with QTQT?

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