Submitted:
05 June 2020
Posted:
07 June 2020
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Preprints on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2, the causal agent of the globally spreading COVID-19, is capable of infecting variable animals besides human being. We evaluated the potential susceptibility of important livestock, pets and aquatic mammals by performing a multi-species sequence analysis of ACE2 based on the reported affected and unaffected animals. We identified a triple amino acid pattern of ACE2, at position 30, 31 and 34, that might be associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and H34 might be an indicator of the susceptibility to COVID-19.
Keywords:
SARS-CoV-2
; COVID-19
; Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
; susceptibility
; livestock
; aquatic mammals
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