Y501

Translingual

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

Alternative forms

• 501Y

Etymology

Y + 501.

Noun

Y501

1. (biochemistry) A position, 501, on a protein (and its corresponding coding location on the respective gene) having the amino acid tyrosine (“Y”).
   1. (COVID-19) A location (501) on the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 which has Y (“tyrosine”).
2. (COVID-19, informal, by extension, neologism) A viral strain which contains the Y501 amino acid specification.

Coordinate terms

(COVID-19):

• B.1.1.248 (“Brazil variant”)
• B.1.1.7 (“UK variant”)
• B.1.351 (“South African variant”)
• D614
• E484
• G614
• K484
• N501

Derived terms

• 20B/501Y.V1
• 20C/501Y.V2
• 501.V1
• 501.V2
• 501Y.V1
• 501Y.V2

Related terms

biochemistry

• N501Y (a mutation of N501 resulting in Y501)