Table 2 Comparison of protein sequences SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV by Blastp. SARS-CoV-2 SARS-CoV Protein Name Accession Number Putative Function/Domain Accession Number Query Cover * Percent Identity 1 nsp2 YP_009725298.1 nonstructural polyprotein pp1a ABF65834.1 100% 68.34% 2 nsp3 YP_009725299.1 polyprotein orf1a AFR58698.1 100% 75.82% 3 nsp4 YP_009725300.1 polyprotein 1a ARO76381.1 100% 80.80% 4 nsp6 YP_009725302.1 nsp6-pp1a/pp1ab (TM3) NP_828864.1 98% 88.15% 5 nsp7 YP_009725303.1 Chain A, Replicase Polyprotein 1ab, Light Chain 2AHM_A 100% 98.80% 6 nsp8 YP_009725304.1 Chain E, Replicase Polyprotein 1ab, Heavy Chain 2AHM_E 100% 97.47% 7 nsp9 YP_009725305.1 nsp9-pp1a/pp1ab NP_828867.1 100% 97.35% 8 nsp10 YP_009725306.1 Chain A, Non-structural Protein 10 5C8S_A 100% 97.12% 9 nsp11 YP_009725312.1 nsp11-pp1a NP_904321.1 100% 84.62% 10 orf1a polyprotein YP_009725295.1 orf1a polyprotein (pp1a) NP_828850.1 100% 80.58% 11 orf1ab polyprotein YP_009724389.1 orf1ab polyprotein (pp1ab) NP_828849.2 100% 86.26% 12 orf3a protein YP_009724391.1 hypothetical protein sars3a NP_828852.2 100% 72.04% 13 orf6 protein YP_009724394.1 hypothetical protein sars6 NP_828856.1 100% 68.85% 14 orf7a protein YP_009724395.1 protein 8 ARO76387.1 100% 87.70% 15 orf7b protein YP_009725296.1 hypothetical protein sars7b NP_849175.1 95% 85.37% 16 orf8 protein YP_009724396.1 - - - - 17 orf10 protein YP_009725255.1 - - - - 18 2’-O-ribose methyltransferase YP_009725311.1 nsp16-pp1ab (2’-o-MT) NP_828873.2 99% 93.60% 19 3C-like proteinase YP_009725301.1 polyprotein 1a ARO76381.1 100% 96.08% 20 3’-to-5’ exonuclease YP_009725309.1 nsp14-pp1ab (nuclease ExoN homolog) NP_828871.1 100% 95.07% 21 endoRNAse YP_009725310.1 nsp15-pp1ab (endoRNAse) NP_828872.1 100% 88.73% 22 envelope protein YP_009724392.1 E protein APO40581.1 100% 94.74% 23 helicase YP_009725308.1 nsp13-pp1ab (ZD, NTPase/HEL) NP_828870.1 100% 99.83% 24 leader protein YP_009725297.1 nsp1-pp1a/pp1ab NP_828860.2 100% 84.44% 25 membrane glycoprotein YP_009724393.1 matrix protein NP_828855.1 100% 90.54% 26 nucleocapsid phosphoprotein YP_009724397.2 nucleocapsid protein ARO76389.1 100% 90.52% 27 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase YP_009725307.1 nsp12-pp1ab (RdRp) NP_828869.1 100% 96.35% 28 surface glycoprotein YP_009724390.1 spike glycoprotein ABD72985.1 100% 76.42% “-” represents no homologous protein. Query cover represents the percentage of the protein sequences that are participating in the comparison. Percent identity indicates the homology.