The bat coronavirus RmYN02 is characterized by a 6-nucleotide deletion at the S1/S2 junction, and its claimed PAA insertion is highly doubtful · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2012.00627/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTThe bat coronavirus RmYN02 is characterized by a 6-nucleotide deletion at the S1/S2 junction, and its claimed PAA insertion is highly doubtful — mentioned by hkmaxprohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27100233urn:hackerpapers:mention:2012.00627:27100233Sun, 09 May 2021 22:00:46 GMT<p>The Wu and Zhao paper [0] you cited is based on this paper [1] by Zhou et al, whose conclusions were questioned by this preprint [2]. In fact, the paper [3] cited in the top comment has the following response to the Wu and Zhao paper you cited: &gt; The recent acquisition of the FCS by SARS-CoV-2 via a natural insert was proposed by Wu and Zhao (2021) on the basis of the existence of FCS in other, more distant Betacoronaviruses with different loop positions to SARS-CoV-2 and the existence of a partial natural insert in the same region in RmYN02 (Zhou et al. 2020a). The reliability of the…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2012.00627/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>q-bio.GN