Breaking news: Empirical formulas, molar masses, biosynthesis reactions, and thermodynamic properties of virus particles, biosynthesis and binding of Omicron JN.1 variant of SARS-COV-2

Breaking news are usually disturbing. Natural disasters, wars, epidemics, etc., are reported as breaking news. This paper reports a decreased danger of spreading of epidemics caused by the JN.1 variant, since analyses indicate that infectivity of the new variant is decreased compared to most earlier...

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Published in:Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 2024, Vol.89 (3), p.305-320
Main Authors: Popovic, Marko, Stevanovic, Maja, Mihailovic, Marija
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
biothermodynamics
gibbs energy
immune evasion
infectivity
pathogenicity
virus time evolution
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Summary:Breaking news are usually disturbing. Natural disasters, wars, epidemics, etc., are reported as breaking news. This paper reports a decreased danger of spreading of epidemics caused by the JN.1 variant, since analyses indicate that infectivity of the new variant is decreased compared to most earlier variants, which is confirmed by the number of cases (7500 daily in USA). Moreover, JN.1, despite the great number of mutations, has not been able to achieve the values of Gibbs energy change of biosynthesis (and thus virus multiplication rate) of the Hu-1 wild type. The research shows that infectivity and pathogenicity of the JN.1 variant has not reached worrying size, which means that there is no reason to expect the epidemiologic situation getting worse.
ISSN:0352-5139
1820-7421
DOI:10.2298/JSC240119019P