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Detection of homologous recombination events in SARS-CoV-2
- Source :
- Biotechnology Letters
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022.
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Abstract
- Purpose The COVID-19 disease with acute respiratory symptoms emerged in 2019. The causal agent of the disease, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is classified into the Betacoronaviruses family. Coronaviruses (CoVs) are a huge family of viruses. Therefore, homologous recombination studies can help recognize the phylogenetic relationships among these viruses. Methods In order to detect possible recombination events in SASRS-CoV-2, the genome sequences of Betacoronaviruses were obtained from the GenBank. The nucleotide sequences with the identity ≥ 60% to SARS-CoV-2 genome sequence were selected and then analyzed using different algorithms. Results The results showed two recombination events at the beginning and the end of the genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2. Bat-SL-CoVZC21 (GenBank accession number MG772934) was specified as the minor parent for both events with p-values of 8.66 × 10–87 and 3.29 × 10–48, respectively. Furthermore, two recombination regions were detected at the beginning and the middle of the SARS-CoV-2 spike gene. Pangolin-CoV (PCoV_GX-P4L) and Rattus CoV (ChRCoV-HKU24) were determined as the potential parents with the GenBank accession number MT040333 and KM349742, respectively. Analysis of the spike gene revealed more similarity and less nucleotide diversity between SARS-CoV-2 and pangolin-CoVs. Conclusion Detection of the ancestors of SARS-CoV-2 in the coronaviruses family can help identify and define the phylogenetic relationships of the family Coronaviridae. Furthermore, constructing a phylogenetic tree based on the recombination regions made changes in the phylogenetic relationships of Betacoronaviruses. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10529-021-03218-7.
Details
- ISSN :
- 15736776 and 01415492
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Biotechnology Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6133b6e38099fad088208b116df36108