The following truncated sequences are the receptor binding domain of COVID19’s & SARS’ S-protein,   COVID19 ATRFAS VYAWNR KRISNC VADYSV LYNASF STFKCY GVSPTK  SARS ATKFPS VYAWER KKISNC VADYSV LYNSTF STFKCY GVSATK    a) describe the mutations (specify the change that caused SARS’ RNA to evolve into COVID19) b) explain how those changes result in the ability of COVID19 being able to infect human cells  (HINT: consider the properties of the amino acids – the R chain)

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