Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 synonymous codon usage evolution throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

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Mogro, Ezequiel Gerardo; Bottero, Daniela; Lozano, Mauricio Javier
Año de publicación
2022
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SARS-CoV-2, the seventh coronavirus known to infect humans, can cause severe life-threatening respiratory pathologies. To better understand SARS-CoV-2 evolution, genome-wide analyses have been made, including the general characterization of its codons usage profile. Here we present a bioinformatic analysis of the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 codon usage over time using complete genomes collected since December 2019. Our results show that SARS-CoV-2 codon usage pattern is antagonistic to, and it is getting farther away from that of the human host. Further, a selection of deoptimized codons over time, which was accompanied by a decrease in both the codon adaptation index and the effective number of codons, was observed. All together, these findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 could be evolving, at least from the perspective of the synonymous codon usage, to become less pathogenic.
Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular
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Biología
Codon usage bias
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Betacoronavirus
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 synonymous codon usage evolution throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
title Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 synonymous codon usage evolution throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
spellingShingle Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 synonymous codon usage evolution throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
Mogro, Ezequiel Gerardo
Biología
Codon usage bias
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Betacoronavirus
title_short Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 synonymous codon usage evolution throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 synonymous codon usage evolution throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 synonymous codon usage evolution throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 synonymous codon usage evolution throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 synonymous codon usage evolution throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mogro, Ezequiel Gerardo
Bottero, Daniela
Lozano, Mauricio Javier
author Mogro, Ezequiel Gerardo
author_facet Mogro, Ezequiel Gerardo
Bottero, Daniela
Lozano, Mauricio Javier
author_role author
author2 Bottero, Daniela
Lozano, Mauricio Javier
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biología
Codon usage bias
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Betacoronavirus
topic Biología
Codon usage bias
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Betacoronavirus
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv SARS-CoV-2, the seventh coronavirus known to infect humans, can cause severe life-threatening respiratory pathologies. To better understand SARS-CoV-2 evolution, genome-wide analyses have been made, including the general characterization of its codons usage profile. Here we present a bioinformatic analysis of the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 codon usage over time using complete genomes collected since December 2019. Our results show that SARS-CoV-2 codon usage pattern is antagonistic to, and it is getting farther away from that of the human host. Further, a selection of deoptimized codons over time, which was accompanied by a decrease in both the codon adaptation index and the effective number of codons, was observed. All together, these findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 could be evolving, at least from the perspective of the synonymous codon usage, to become less pathogenic.
Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular
description SARS-CoV-2, the seventh coronavirus known to infect humans, can cause severe life-threatening respiratory pathologies. To better understand SARS-CoV-2 evolution, genome-wide analyses have been made, including the general characterization of its codons usage profile. Here we present a bioinformatic analysis of the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 codon usage over time using complete genomes collected since December 2019. Our results show that SARS-CoV-2 codon usage pattern is antagonistic to, and it is getting farther away from that of the human host. Further, a selection of deoptimized codons over time, which was accompanied by a decrease in both the codon adaptation index and the effective number of codons, was observed. All together, these findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 could be evolving, at least from the perspective of the synonymous codon usage, to become less pathogenic.
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