Is there a limit to how much the coronavirus can mutate?

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The coronavirus spike protein (red) docks onto the ACE-2 receptor (blue) on human cells. Most of the concerning mutations are occurring on the spike protein.

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” Proteins are very flexible in their capabilities to interact with receptors or antibodies; they are capable of [tolerating] anomaly in rather a number of different ways to accomplish the exact same endpoint,” Moore said.

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