N501

Translingual

This Translingual term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Alternative forms

• 501N

Etymology

N + 501.

Noun

N501

1. (biochemistry) A position, 501, on a protein (and its corresponding coding location on the respective gene) having the amino acid asparagine (“N”).
   1. (COVID-19) A location (501) on the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 which has N (“asparagine”).
2. (COVID-19, informal, by extension) A viral strain which contains the N501 amino acid specification.

Coordinate terms

(COVID-19):

• B.1.1.7 (“UK variant”)
• B.1.351 (“South African variant”)
• B.1.1.248 (“Brazil variant”)
• Y501
• E484
• K484
• D614
• G614

Derived terms

biochemistry

• N501Y (a mutation of N501)