COVID-19 Mutation D614G

  • The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is constantly mutating, but one mutation in particular has been found more transmissible than most others and it has been named D614G.
  • It was first noticed in China and Germany, but gained attention when it cropped up in several cases across Europe, and eventually in the US, Canada, Australia and India.
  • In this mutation, glycine (G) replaces aspartic acid (D) in the 614th position in the amino acid. Hence, the mutation came to be referred as ‘D614G’.

High Transmission of D614G

  • All viruses mutate to adapt to the barriers that human immune system puts up and RNA viruses such ....
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