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Record W4308562650 · doi:10.1101/2022.11.07.515557

Normalized Semi-Covariance Co-Efficiency Analysis of Spike Proteins from SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron and Other Coronaviruses for their Infectivity and Virulence

2022· preprint· en· W4308562650 on OpenAlexafffund
Tong Xu, Shanyue Zhou, Jun Steed Huang, Wandong Zhang

Bibliographic record

VenuebioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2022
Typepreprint
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicFractal and DNA sequence analysis
Canadian institutionsNational Research Council CanadaUniversity of OttawaCarleton UniversityMcGill University
FundersCanadian Institutes of Health ResearchUniversity of Ottawa
KeywordsIsoelectric pointAmino acidCovarianceInfectivityVirulenceBiologyTitrationChemistryBiological systemBiochemistryMathematicsGeneGeneticsStatisticsVirus

Abstract

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Abstract Spectrum-based Mass-Charge modeling is increasingly used in biological analysis. To explain statistical phenomenon with positive and negative fluctuations of amino acid charges in spike protein sequences from Omicron and other coronaviruses, we propose calculation-based Mass-Charge modeling, a normalized derivation algorithm with exact Excel and MATLAB tool involving separate quadrant extension to normalized covariance, which is still compatible with Pearson covariance co-efficiency. The number of amino acids, molecular weight, isoelectric point, amino acid composition, charged residues, mass-charge ratio, hydropathicity of the proteins were taken into consideration in the analyses, and the relative peak and dip of the average with spike protein sequences based on hydrophobic mass to isoelectric charges of amino acids were also examined. The analyses with the algorithm provide more clear insights leading to revealing underline evolving trends of the viral proteins. Spike proteins from SARS-CoV-2 variants, seasonal and murine coronaviruses were taken as representative examples in this study. The analyses demonstrate that the Mass-Charge covariance co-efficiency can distinguish subtle differences between biological properties of spike proteins and correlate well with viral infectivity and virulence.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.002
Threshold uncertainty score0.003

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.001
Bibliometrics0.0020.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.020
GPT teacher head0.262
Teacher spread0.242 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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Published2022
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