A A
AA AA
A
A
A
A
A
A
AAA
C
C
CC C C
C
C
C
C
CC
C
C
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
U
U
U
UUU
U
U
U
U
U
UU
U
U
U
U
U
AAAU
A U U U U U
A
A
A
A
A
A
C
C
C
C
C
C
SL1
1
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
U
U
U
UU
N20
C
C
C
C
C
U
U U
U
GC
GC
10
20
30
40
50
90
100
110
120
SL2
SL4
AUU
U
A
U
AA
G
60
A
G
C
C
C
U
Base 10 20 30 40 50 60
* * * * * *
SARS-CoV-2 auuaaagguuuauaccuucccagguaacaaaccaaccaacuuucgaucucuuguagaucuguu
Clone 3.1 d..............................................................
Clone 6.2 r..............................................................
SARS-CoV ..auu......u.....a......--.a..g.........-c.....................
Clone 2.2 r.auu......u.....a......--.a..g.........-c.....................
Clone 5.2 r.auu......u.....a......--.a..g.........-c.....................
Bat SARS-related CoVs ..auu......u........................u....c.....................
Clone 1.1 r.auu..........................................................
Clone 4.1 r.auu..........................................................
Base 70 80 90 100 110 120
* * * * * *
SARS-CoV-2 cucuaaacgaacuuuaaaaucuguguggcugucacucggcugcaugcuuagugcacucacg
Clone 3.1 .............................................................
Clone 6.2 .............................................................
SARS-CoV ..........................a......g.............c........cu...
Clone 2.2 ..........................a......g.............c........cu...
Clone 5.2 ..........................a......g.............c........cu...
Bat SARS-related CoVs ...........................a........ua.......................
Clone 1.1 .............................................................
Clone 4.1 .............................................................
a b
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
0 10,000 20,000 30,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
0 10,000 20,000 30,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
0 10,000 20,000 30,000
rSARS-CoV-2
Clone 1.1
rSARS-CoV-2
Clone 2.2
rSARS-CoV-2-GFP
Clone 4.1
c d e
f
read count read counts
s
read counts
0 10,000 20,000 30,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
rSARS-CoV-2-GFP
Clone 6.2
read count
s
genome position
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
0 10,000 20,000 30,000
rSARS-CoV-2-GFP
Clone 5.2
read count
s
genome position genome position
genome position genome position
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
0 10,000 20,000 30,000
genome position
read counts
UUCUCUAAACGAACUUUAAAAT
UUCUCUAAACGAACAAUGUUUG
UUCUCUAAACGAACUUAUGGAU
UUCUCUAAACGAACUUAUGUAC
UUCUCUAAACGAACUAAAUAUU
UUCUCUAAACGAACGCUUUCUU
UUCUCUAAACGAACAUGAAAAU
UUCUCUAAACGAACAUGAAAUU
UUCUCUAAACGAACAAACUAAA
mRNAORF
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1a/b
S 3 E M 6 7 8 N
Leader TRS Body
rSARS-CoV-2
Clone 3.1
5’ UTR nt 1 - 124: SARS-CoV-2
Constructs 3 and 6
5’ UTR nt 1 - 124: SARS-CoV
Constructs 2 and 5
5’ UTR nt 1 - 124: SARS-CoV-2 modified by 3 nt
Constructs 1 and 4
gh
Extended Data Fig. 2 | See next page for caption.